Where does “smal” come from?

smal (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch smal, from Old Dutch smal, from Proto-Germanic smalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mal- — small; little.

smal (Dutch): narrow

Definitions

  1. narrow

Ancestry of “smal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsmal
2Old Dutchsmalsmall
3Proto-Germanicsmalazsmall
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mal-small; little

Words derived from “smal

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mal-
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