Where does “smolen” come from?

smolen (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic smallijan, from Proto-Indo-European smel- — to burn, smoulder, smoke; tar, pitch; to burn,...

Ancestry of “smolen”, step by step

smolen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic smallijan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsmallijanto glow, burn, smoulder
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmel-to burn, smoulder, smoke; tar, pitch; to burn,...

via Proto-West Germanic smolōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsmolōn—

Words derived from “smolen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smel- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic smallijan →