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.

smoken (Middle English): To perfume; to scent

Definitions

  1. To perfume; to scent

Ancestry of “smoken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsmocianto smoke
2Proto-West Germanicsmokōnto smoke
3Proto-Indo-European(s)meug(h)-to smoke

Words derived from “smoken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meug(h)- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic smokōn →Every word from Old English smocian →