Where does “smiker” come from?
smiker (Middle English) comes from Old English smicer, from Proto-West Germanic *smikr, from Proto-Germanic smikraz, from Proto-Indo-European smēy-.
smiker (Middle English): beautiful, beauteous, elegant, fair, tasteful
Definitions
- beautiful, beauteous, elegant, fair, tasteful
Ancestry of “smiker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | smicer | beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine,... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *smikr | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | smikraz | fine, fair, tender, elegant |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | smēy- | — |
Words derived from “smiker”