Where does “smôken” come from?

smôken (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-West Germanic smauki, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mewg- — to smoke, reek.

Ancestry of “smôken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “smôken”

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