Where does “смьрдѣти” come from?
смьрдѣти (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic smьrdě̀ti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic smirˀdḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.
Ancestry of “смьрдѣти”, step by step
Words derived from “смьрдѣти”