smoca

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smukô (“smoke, nebulous air”), from Proto-Indo-European *smug- (“to smoke; a smoke”). Cognate with German Schmauch (“dense smoke”), Old Irish múch (“smoke”), Ancient Greek σμύχω (smúkhō, “burn with smoldering flame”) and Old Armenian մուխ (mux, “smoke”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsmo.kɑ/

Noun

smoca m

  1. smoke

Descendants

  • Middle English: smoke, smok, smoc
    • English: smoke
    • Yola: smock

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