Where does “schmoke” come from?

schmoke (Pennsylvania German) comes from English smoke, from Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca, from Proto-Germanic smukô, from Danish smug- — secretly.

schmoke (Pennsylvania German): to smoke

Definitions

  1. to smoke

Ancestry of “schmoke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsmokeThe visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine...
2Middle Englishsmokesmoke
3Old Englishsmocasmoke
4Proto-Germanicsmukôsmoke, nebulous air
5Danishsmug-secretly
Every word from Danish smug- →
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