Where does “smoke” come from?

smoke (Middle English) comes from Old English smoca, from Proto-Germanic smukô, from Danish smug- — secretly.

smoke (Middle English): smoke

Definitions

  1. smoke

Ancestry of “smoke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsmocasmoke
2Proto-Germanicsmukôsmoke, nebulous air
3Danishsmug-secretly

Words derived from “smoke”

Every word from Danish smug- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smukô →Every word from Old English smoca →