Where does “smorþering” come from?
smorþering (Middle English) comes from Middle English smorther, from Old English smorþor, from Old English -þor, from Proto-West Germanic -þr, from Proto-Germanic -þrą, from Proto-Indo-European *-trom.
smorþering (Middle English): smoldering, producing noxious smoke
Definitions
- smoldering, producing noxious smoke
Ancestry of “smorþering”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | smorther | a suffocating vapour, dense smoke |
| 2 | Old English | smorþor | smoke |
| 3 | Old English | -þor | instrumental suffix creating neuter nouns from... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -þr | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -þrą | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-trom | — |