Where does “smugan” come from?

smugan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic smeugan, from Proto-Germanic *smeuganą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mewk-, from Proto-Indo-European smewg- — to slip, glide, slide; to slip, glide; be slimy.

smugan (Old English): to creep, crawl, move gradually

Definitions

  1. to creep, crawl, move gradually

Ancestry of “smugan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsmeuganto creep, to crawl
2Proto-Germanic*smeuganą—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)mewk-to let loose, release; to slip away, escape, flee
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmewg-to slip, glide, slide; to slip, glide; be slimy

Words derived from “smugan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smewg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *smeuganą →