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

fat

Descendants

Middle High German: smër, schmir
- Alemannic German: Schmër
- Central Franconian:
  Hunsrik: Schmier
  - → Portuguese: chimia, chimíer, schmier
- German: Schmer, Schmier
- Luxembourgish: Schmier
- Rhine Franconian:
  Pennsylvania German: Schmier
- Yiddish: שמיר‎‎ (shmir‎)
  - → English: shmear
- → Polish: smar
- → Rusyn: смар (smar)

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