schmiegen
German (Berlin)
verb-weak
Definitions
- (reflexive) to nestle up
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German smiegen (nestle) inherited from Old High German smiugan inherited from Proto-Germanic *smeuganą (creep, slip through into).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*smeuganą
Gloss
creep, slip through into
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- smell-smock English
- smock English
- smock-smelling English
- smockless English
- smocklike English
- smug English
- smuggery English
- smugglable English
- smuggle English
- smuggler English
- smugglesome English
- smugly English
- smugness English
- unsmug English
- smiecht Dutch, Flemish
- smokkelen Dutch, Flemish
- *smewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *smeuganą Proto-Germanic
- smok Middle English
- smjúga Old Norse
- smuken, smūken Middle Dutch
- smiugan Old High German
- smiegen Middle High German
- *smūgan Old Dutch
- smuk Middle Low German
- smuggeln German Low German