Where does “smêken” come from?

smêken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch smēken, from Proto-Germanic smaikijaną.

smêken (Middle Dutch): to flatter, to sweet-talk

Definitions

  1. to flatter, to sweet-talk

Ancestry of “smêken”, step by step

smêken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch smēken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsmēken—
2Proto-Germanicsmaikijaną—

via Old Dutch *smēkon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*smēkon—
2Proto-West Germanic*smaikōnto stroke, caress

Words derived from “smêken”

Every word from Proto-Germanic smaikijaną →Every word from Old Dutch smēken →