Where does “ruken” come from?

ruken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Saxon rūkan, from Proto-West Germanic reukan, from Proto-Germanic reukaną, from Proto-Indo-European rougi-.

ruken (Middle Dutch): to smell, to perceive a smell; to smell, to emit...

Definitions

  1. to smell, to perceive a smell; to smell, to emit...

Ancestry of “ruken”, step by step

ruken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon rūkan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonrūkanto smell
2Proto-West Germanicreukanto smoke, to give off smoke
3Proto-Germanicreukanąto smoke, to give off a vapour
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrougi-—

via Old Dutch rūcan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchrūcan—

Words derived from “ruken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rougi- →Every word from Proto-Germanic reukaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic reukan →