Where does “smirkový” come from?

smirkový (Czech) comes from Czech smirek, from German Schmirgel, from Italian smeriglio, from Greek σμερίλιον, from Ancient Greek σμερί, from Ancient Greek σμύρις — emery-powder, used by lapidaries.

smirkový (Czech): emery

Definitions

  1. emery

Ancestry of “smirkový”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechsmirekemery
2GermanSchmirgelemery
3Italiansmeriglioemery; merlin; Synonym of sparviero
4Greekσμερίλιον
5Ancient Greekσμερί
6Ancient Greekσμύριςemery-powder, used by lapidaries
Every word from Ancient Greek σμύριςEvery word from Ancient Greek σμερίEvery word from Greek σμερίλιον