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

101 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European smer- — including smear, smorgasbord, besmear, smearer, smearcase, asmear, mammering, smearproof.

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English (18)

Norwegian Bokmål (7)

German (7)

Old English (7)

Dutch (6)

Swedish (6)

Icelandic (6)

Old Swedish (5)

Faroese (4)

Old Norse (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Middle English (4)

Luxembourgish (3)

Danish (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Old High German (2)

Pennsylvania German (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Esperanto (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Middle High German (1)