Where does “smertan” come from?
smertan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic smertaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.
Ancestry of “smertan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | smertaną | to hurt |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)merd- | to bite, to sting |
Words derived from “smertan”