Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smirwijan

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smirwijan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną. Equivalent to *smeru +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*smirwijan

1. to smear
2. to anoint

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*smirwijan
1st sg. past	*smirwidā
Infinitive	*smirwijan
Genitive infin.	*smirwijannjas
Dative infin.	*smirwijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*smirwijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*smirwiju	*smirwidā
2nd singular	*smirwisi	*smirwidēs, *smirwidōs
3rd singular	*smirwiþi	*smirwidē, *smirwidā
1st plural	*smirwijum	*smirwidum
2nd plural	*smirwiþ	*smirwidud
3rd plural	*smirwijanþ	*smirwidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*smirwijē	*smirwidī
2nd singular	*smirwijēs	*smirwidī
3rd singular	*smirwijē	*smirwidī
1st plural	*smirwijēm	*smirwidīm
2nd plural	*smirwijēþ	*smirwidīd
3rd plural	*smirwijēn	*smirwidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*smirwi
Plural	*smirwiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*smirwijandī	*smirwid

Descendants

• Old English: smirwan, smierwan, smyrian, smerian
  • Middle English: smerien, smeren
    • English: smear
    • Scots: smere, smeir
• Old Frisian: *smera
  • Saterland Frisian: smeere
• Old Saxon: *smirwian, *smirian
  • Middle Low German: smeren
    • Low German: smeren
• Old Dutch: *smirwen, *smiren
  • Middle Dutch: smeren
    • Dutch: smeren
      • Afrikaans: smeer
• Old High German: smirwen
  • Middle High German: smirwen
    • Alemannic German: schmirre
    • German: schmieren
      • → Polish: szmira
    • Hunsrik: schmeere
    • Luxembourgish: schmieren
    • Yiddish: שמיר‎ (shmir)
      • → English: shmear

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