Where does “smuilen” come from?

smuilen (Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic smīlijaną, from Proto-Indo-European smēy-.

smuilen (Dutch): to smile

Definitions

  1. to smile

Ancestry of “smuilen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsmīlijanąto smile
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmēy-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smēy-Every word from Proto-Germanic smīlijaną