Where does “smoken” come from?
smoken (Middle English) comes from Old English smocian, from Proto-West Germanic smokōn, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meug(h)- — to smoke.
Ancestry of “smoken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | smocian | to smoke |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | smokōn | to smoke |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meug(h)- | to smoke |