Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “smérus”

86 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European smérus — including smear, smorgasbord, besmear, smearer, smearcase, asmear, smearproof, smearable.

See the etymology of smérus itself →

English (14)

Norwegian Bokmål (7)

German (7)

Swedish (6)

Icelandic (6)

Old Swedish (5)

Faroese (4)

Dutch (4)

Old Norse (4)

Old English (4)

Luxembourgish (3)

Danish (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Middle English (3)

Old High German (2)

Pennsylvania German (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Esperanto (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Yiddish (1)

Middle High German (1)