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
- Hunsrik: Schmier
- German: Schmer, Schmier
- Luxembourgish: Schmier
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: Schmier
- Yiddish: שמיר (shmir)
- → English: shmear
- → Polish: smar
- → Rusyn: смар (smar)