Where does “Smaragd” come from?

Smaragd (German) comes from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος, from Proto-Semitic bariq- — lightning.

Smaragd (German): Emerald

Definitions

  1. Emerald

Ancestry of “Smaragd”, step by step

Smaragd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin smaragdus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsmaragdusemerald
2Ancient Greekσμάραγδοςemerald
3Proto-Semiticbariq-lightning

via Middle High German smaract

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansmaract—

Words derived from “Smaragd”

Every word from Proto-Semitic bariq- →