Where does “smoketight” come from?

smoketight (English) comes from English smoke, from Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca, from Proto-Germanic smukô, from Danish smug- — secretly.

smoketight (English): impervious to smoke

Definitions

  1. impervious to smoke

Ancestry of “smoketight”, step by step

smoketight traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English smoke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsmokeThe visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine...
2Middle Englishsmokesmoke
3Old Englishsmocasmoke
4Proto-Germanicsmukôsmoke, nebulous air
5Danishsmug-secretly

via English tight

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtightFirmly held together; compact; not loose or open;...
2Middle Englishtight—
3Old Englishþiht—
Every word from Danish smug- →
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