Where does “smeart” come from?
smeart (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic smartaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.
smeart (Old English): painful, smarting; first/third-person singular...
Definitions
- painful, smarting; first/third-person singular...
Ancestry of “smeart”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | smartaz | painful, hurting, aching |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)merd- | to bite, to sting |
Words derived from “smeart”