Where does “smeortan” come from?

smeortan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic smertaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.

smeortan (Old English): to smart; hurt

Definitions

  1. to smart; hurt

Ancestry of “smeortan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsmertanąto hurt
2Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting

Words derived from “smeortan”

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