Where does “Kettenraucher” come from?

Kettenraucher (German) comes from German Raucher, from German rauchen, from French fumer, from Middle French fumer, from Latin fumare, from Latin fumo, from Latin fumus, from Proto-Italic fūmos — smoke; mist, haze.

Kettenraucher (German): chain smoker

Definitions

  1. chain smoker

Ancestry of “Kettenraucher”, step by step

Kettenraucher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Raucher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRaucheragent noun of rauchen; smoker
2Germanrauchento smoke
3Frenchfumerto smoke; to emit smoke; to steam
4Middle Frenchfumerto smoke
5Latinfumarepresent active infinitive of fūmō; second-person...
6LatinfumoI smoke, steam, fume
7Latinfumussmoke, steam; indication, sign
8Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via German kette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankettechain series of interconnected rings, usually of metal
2Middle High Germanketen
3Old High Germanketinna
4Proto-Germanic*katinnjā
5Vulgar Latin*catenia
6Latincatēnachain
7Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

Words derived from “Kettenraucher

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-
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