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

  1. painful, smarting; first/third-person singular...

Ancestry of “smeart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsmartazpainful, hurting, aching
2Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting

Words derived from “smeart

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd-Every word from Proto-Germanic smartaz