smero

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smerwą, from Proto-Indo-European *smérus. Cognate with Old English smeoru, Old Norse smjǫr, Gothic 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂 (smairþr), also Old Irish smiur (“marrow”), Tocharian B ṣmare.

Noun

smero n

1. fat

Descendants

• Middle High German: smër, schmir
  • Alemannic German: Schmër
  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Schmier

    • → Portuguese: chimia, chimíer, schmier, ximia

  • German: Schmer, Schmier
  • Luxembourgish: Schmier
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Schmier

  • Yiddish: שמיר‎ (shmir‎)
    • → English: shmear
  • → Polish: smar
  • → Carpathian Rusyn: смар (smar)