Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smerwą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *smérus (“grease, fat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmer.wɑ̃/

Noun

*smerwą n

1. grease, butter, fat

Inflection

Declension of *smerwą (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*smerwą	*smerwō
vocative	*smerwą	*smerwō
accusative	*smerwą	*smerwō
genitive	*smerwas, *smirwis	*smerwǫ̂
dative	*smerwai	*smerwamaz
instrumental	*smerwō	*smerwamiz

Derived terms

• *smirwijaną
• *smirwislą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *smeru
  • Old English: smeoru
    • Middle English: smer, smere
      • English: smear
      • Scots: smergh
  • Old Frisian: smere
    • Saterland Frisian: Smeer
    • West Frisian: smoar
  • Old Saxon: smero
    • Middle Low German: smēr, smör
      • (German Low German: Smeer)
  • Old Dutch: smero
    • Middle Dutch: smere, smer
      • Dutch: smeer
        • Afrikaans: smeer
        • → Caribbean Javanese: semir
        • → Indonesian: semir
        • → Papiamentu: smeer (dated)
  • Old High German: smero
    • Middle High German: smër
      • Alemannic German: Schmër
      • German: Schmer
      • → Polish: smar
      • → Carpathian Rusyn: смар (smar)
      • → Slovak: cmar
• Old Norse: smjǫr, smjor, smør
  • Icelandic: smjör
  • Faroese: smør
  • Norn: smyrr, smorr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: smør, smjør
  • Old Swedish: smior, smør
    • Swedish: smör
  • Danish: smør
    • Norwegian Bokmål: smør
  • Old Gutnish: smier
    • Gutnish: smör, smöir, smer, smyr
• ⇒ Gothic: 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂 (smairþr)