Where does “smôk” come from?
smôk (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon smōk, from Proto-West Germanic smauki, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mewg- — to smoke, reek.
smôk (Middle Low German): smoke
Ancestry of “smôk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | smōk | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | smauki | smoke |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mewg- | to smoke, reek |
Words derived from “smôk”