Where does “Schmirgel” come from?

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

Schmirgel (German): emery

Definitions

  1. emery

Ancestry of “Schmirgel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Schmirgel”

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