Where does “smjaś” come from?

smjaś (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic smьjati, from Proto-Indo-European smēy-.

smjaś (Lower Sorbian): to laugh

Definitions

  1. to laugh

Ancestry of “smjaś”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsmьjatito laugh
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmēy-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smēy-Every word from Proto-Slavic smьjati