Where does “smeralt” come from?

smeralt (Friulian) comes from Vulgar Latin smaraldus, from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος, from Proto-Semitic bariq- — lightning.

smeralt (Friulian): emerald

Definitions

  1. emerald

Ancestry of “smeralt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinsmaraldus
2Latinsmaragdusemerald
3Ancient Greekσμάραγδοςemerald
4Proto-Semiticbariq-lightning
Every word from Proto-Semitic bariq-