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 σμύριςEvery word from Ancient Greek σμερίEvery word from Greek σμερίλιον