Where does “smile” come from?
smile (Danish) comes from Old Norse smíla, from Proto-Germanic smīlijaną, from Proto-Indo-European smēy-.
smile (Danish): to smile
Ancestry of “smile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | smíla | to smile |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | smīlijaną | to smile |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | smēy- | — |