smuggle

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mewk-
2. Proto-Indo-European*smewg-
3. Proto-Germanic*smeuganą
4. Proto-West Germanic*smeugan
5. Old Dutch*smūgan
6. Middle Dutch*smugen
7. Middle Dutch*smuggelen
8. Dutchsmokkelenbor.?
9. Low Germansmuggelnbor.?
10. Englishsmuckle
11. English todaysmuggle

From earlier smuckle, either from Dutch smokkelen (“to smuggle”), a frequentative form of Middle Dutch smūken (“to act secretly, be sneaky”), from Old Dutch *smugan, or from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German smuggeln; all are from Proto-West Germanic *smeugan (“to creep; slip through or into”). cognates and related terms Cognate with Saterland Frisian smuggelje (“to smuggle”), West Frisian smokkelje (“to smuggle”), German Low German smuggeln, smuckeln (“to move insidiously, smuggle”), German schmuggeln (“to smuggle”), Danish smugle (“to smuggle”), Swedish smuggla (“to smuggle”). Related also to Icelandic smjúga (“to creep, penetrate”), Swedish smyga (“to sneak, slip, crawl, lurk, steal”), German schmiegen (“to nestle, wrap, snuggle”), Old English smēogan, smūgan (“to creep, crawl, move gradually, penetrate”).

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