Where does “rūkan” come from?

rūkan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic reukan, from Proto-Germanic reukaną, from Proto-Indo-European rougi-.

rūkan (Old Saxon): to smell

Definitions

  1. to smell

Ancestry of “rūkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicreukanto smoke, to give off smoke
2Proto-Germanicreukanąto smoke, to give off a vapour
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrougi-—

Words derived from “rūkan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rougi- →Every word from Proto-Germanic reukaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic reukan →