Where does “Schmierer” come from?
Schmierer (English) comes from German Schmierer, from German schmieren, from Middle High German smirn, from Middle High German smirwen, from Old High German smirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic smirwijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
Ancestry of “Schmierer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schmierer | dauber unskilled painter |
| 2 | German | schmieren | to smear; to butter; to grease, oil, lubricate |
| 3 | Middle High German | smirn | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | smirwen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | smirwen | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *smirwijan | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | smirwijaną | to smear, anoint |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |