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

grease, butter, fat

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *smerwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*smerwą	*smerwō
vocative	*smerwą	*smerwō
accusative	*smerwą	*smerwō
genitive	smerwas, smirwis	*smerwǫ̂
dative	*smirwai	*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
    - → Rusyn: смар (smar)
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)