Where does “σμῆμα” come from?

σμῆμα (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

σμῆμα (Ancient Greek): soap, unguent

Definitions

  1. soap, unguent

Ancestry of “σμῆμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
2Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ
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