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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smerwig
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Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *smerwīg
Etymology
From *smeru + *-ig.
Adjective
*smerwig
- fatty, greasy
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *smerwig | ||
| Genitive | *smerwigas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *smerwig | *smerwigu | *smerwig |
| Accusative | *smerwiganā | *smerwigā | *smerwig |
| Genitive | *smerwigas | *smerwigeʀā | *smerwigas |
| Dative | *smerwigumē | *smerwigeʀē | *smerwigumē |
| Instrumental | *smerwigu | *smerwigeʀu | *smerwigu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *smerwigē | *smerwigō | *smerwigu |
| Accusative | *smerwigā | *smerwigā | *smerwigu |
| Genitive | *smerwigeʀō | *smerwigeʀō | *smerwigeʀō |
| Dative | *smerwigēm, *smerwigum | *smerwigēm, *smerwigum | *smerwigēm, *smerwigum |
| Instrumental | *smerwigēm, *smerwigum | *smerwigēm, *smerwigum | *smerwigēm, *smerwigum |
Descendants
- Old English: smeoruwiġ, smerewiġ, smeriġ
- Middle English: *smery
- English: smeary
- Middle English: *smery
- Old Frisian: *smerich
- Saterland Frisian: smerig
- West Frisian: smoarch
- Old Saxon: *smerwig
- Middle Low German: smerich, smērich
- German Low German: smerig
- Middle Low German: smerich, smērich
- Old Dutch: *smerwig
- Middle Dutch: smērich
- Dutch: smerig
- Middle Dutch: smērich
- Old High German: *smerwīg, *smerewīg
- Middle High German: smerwic, smerewic
- German: schmierig
- Middle High German: smerwic, smerewic