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
- to smell, to perceive a smell; to smell, to emit...
Ancestry of “ruken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Saxon | rūkan | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | reukan | to smoke, to give off smoke |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | reukaną | to smoke, to give off a vapour |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | rougi- | — |
Words derived from “ruken”