smer-
noun · grease, fat
Attested in Germanic, Balto-Slavic, Celtic
Reconstructions in Pokorny (1959)
smeru- ‘grease, fat’
| Language | Reflex | Gloss | Grammar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle High German | snurrinc | Spaßmacher, Narr | |
| Modern High German | schnarren | ||
| Modern High German | schnurren | ||
| Modern High German | Schnurre | ||
| English | snarl | knurren | |
| Middle English | snorin | schnarchen | |
| Modern English | snore | schnarchen | |
| Middle English | sneren | verächtlich lachen | |
| Modern English | sneer | verächtlich lachen | |
| Middle English | nurnen | hersagen | |
| Middle High German | narren | knurren | |
| Middle High German | nerren | knurren | |
| Lithuanian | niùrniu | brummen, knurren | |
| Latvian | ńura | ein weinerlicher Mensch | |
| Latvian | ńurât | brummen, spinnen wie eine Katze | |
| Middle English | snurtin | schnarchen | |
| Middle High German | snarz | Schnarre, Wachtelkönig | |
| Old Icelandic | norn | Schicksalsgöttin | |
| Old High German | narro | Narr | |
| Modern Swedish (dialectal),Swedish (dialectal) | norna | zuflüstern | |
| Modern Swedish (dialectal),Swedish (dialectal) | nyrna | zuflüstern |
Reconstructions in Wodtko et al. (2008)
(?) noun A greasy substance: mark, fat
| Language | Reflex | Gloss | Grammar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Welsh,Welsh | mer | Mark | *smer-u- |
| Gothic | smarnos | Mist, Kot | *smor-nah₂- |
| Gothic | smaírþr | Fett | *smér-tro- |
| Old English | smeoru | Fett | *smer-u̯-o/ah₂- |
| Old Irish | smiur | Mark | *smer-u- |
| Old Norse | smjǫrr | fett | *smer-u̯-o/ah₂- |
| Old Norse | smjǫrr | fett | *smer-u̯-o/ah₂- |
| Old Norse | smjǫr | Fett | *smer-u̯-o/ah₂- |
| Old Norse | smjǫr | Fett | *smer-u̯-o/ah₂- |
| Old High German | smero | Fett | *smer-u̯-o/ah₂- |
| Old Norse | smurn-ing | Salbung | ? *smr̥-no- |
| Old Norse | smurn-ing | Salbung | ? *smr̥-no- |
| toch. B | ṣmare | glatt, geschmeidig; Öl (Subst.) | ? *smer-o/ah₂- |