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

Definitions

  1. smoke

Ancestry of “smôk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonsmōk—
2Proto-West Germanicsmaukismoke
3Proto-Indo-European(s)mewg-to smoke, reek

Words derived from “smôk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mewg- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic smauki →Every word from Old Saxon smōk →