Where does “rauchen” come from?
rauchen (German) comes from French fumer, from Middle French fumer, from Latin fumare, from Latin fumo, from Latin fumus, from Proto-Italic fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
rauchen (German): to smoke
Definitions
- to smoke
Ancestry of “rauchen”, step by step
rauchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French fumer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fumer | to smoke; to emit smoke; to steam |
| 2 | Middle French | fumer | to smoke |
| 3 | Latin | fumare | present active infinitive of fūmō; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | fumo | I smoke, steam, fume |
| 5 | Latin | fumus | smoke, steam; indication, sign |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fūmos | smoke |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰuh₂mós | smoke |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Middle High German röuchen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | röuchen | — |
| 2 | Old High German | rouhhen | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | raukijan | to cause smoke; to treat with smoke |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | raukijaną | to smoke |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |