Where does “Schminke” come from?

Schminke (German) comes from Middle Low German sminke.

Schminke (German): make-up

Definitions

  1. make-up

Ancestry of “Schminke”, step by step

Schminke traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German sminke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansminke—

via Old High German smeichen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansmeichento smooth

via Middle High German smicke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansmicke—

Words derived from “Schminke”

Every word from Middle Low German sminke →