Where does “smirgeli” come from?

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

smirgeli (Finnish): emery; grinder, bench grinder

Definitions

  1. emery; grinder, bench grinder

Ancestry of “smirgeli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchmirgelemery
2Italiansmeriglioemery; merlin; Synonym of sparviero
3Greekσμερίλιον—
4Ancient Greekσμερί—
5Ancient Greekσμύριςemery-powder, used by lapidaries

Words derived from “smirgeli”

Every word from Ancient Greek σμύρις →Every word from Ancient Greek σμερί →Every word from Greek σμερίλιον →