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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smirwijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *smerwą (“butter, grease”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmir.wi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*smirwijaną
- to smear, anoint
Inflection
Conjugation of *smirwijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *smirwijō | *smirwijaų | — | *smirwijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *smirwīsi | *smirwijais | *smirwī | *smirwijasai | *smirwijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *smirwīþi | *smirwijai | *smirwijaþau | *smirwijaþai | *smirwijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *smirwijōs | *smirwijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *smirwijaþiz | *smirwijaiþiz | *smirwijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *smirwijamaz | *smirwijaim | — | *smirwijanþai | *smirwijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *smirwīþ | *smirwijaiþ | *smirwīþ | *smirwijanþai | *smirwijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *smirwijanþi | *smirwijain | *smirwijanþau | *smirwijanþai | *smirwijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *smirwidǭ | *smirwidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *smirwidēz | *smirwidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *smirwidē | *smirwidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *smirwidēdū | *smirwidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *smirwidēdudiz | *smirwidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *smirwidēdum | *smirwidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *smirwidēdud | *smirwidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *smirwidēdun | *smirwidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *smirwijandz | *smirwidaz | |||
Derived terms
- *smirwislą
Descendants
- Old English: smirwan, smierwan, smyrian, smerian
- Middle English: smerien, smeren
- English: smear
- Scots: smere, smeir
- Middle English: smerien, smeren
- Old Frisian: *smera
- Saterland Frisian: smeere
- Old Saxon: *smirwian, *smirian
- Middle Low German: smeren
- Low German: smeren
- Middle Low German: smeren
- Old Dutch: *smirwen, *smiren
- Middle Dutch: smeren
- Dutch: smeren
- Afrikaans: smeer
- Dutch: smeren
- Middle Dutch: smeren
- Old High German: smirwen
- Middle High German: smirwen
- Alemannic German: schmirre
- German: schmieren
- → Polish: szmira
- Hunsrik: schmeere
- Luxembourgish: schmieren
- Yiddish: שמיר (shmir)
- → English: shmear
- Middle High German: smirwen
- Old Norse: smyrva, smyrja
- Icelandic: smyrja
- Faroese: smyrja
- Norwegian: smøre
- Old Swedish: smyria
- Swedish: smörja
- Old Danish: smyriæ, smøræ
- Danish: smøre, smørre
- Westrobothnian: smöri
- Elfdalian: smyra
- Gutnish: smöire, smöre
- Scanian: smøra