Where does “סמאָרקען” come from?

סמאָרקען (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־ען, from Yiddish ־ן, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

סמאָרקען (Yiddish): to run; to blow one's nose

Definitions

  1. to run; to blow one's nose

Ancestry of “סמאָרקען”, step by step

סמאָרקען traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־ען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־עןAlternative form of ־ן
2Yiddish־ןThe infinitive marker for verbs, which can be...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Russian сморка́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсморка́тьto blow one's nose
2Old East Slavicсмъркати—
3Proto-Slavicsmъrkatito blow (one's nose)?

Words derived from “סמאָרקען”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →Every word from Middle High German -en →