Where does “smeoru” come from?

smeoru (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *smeru, from Proto-Germanic smerwą, from Proto-Celtic smérus, from Proto-Indo-European smérus, from Proto-Indo-European smer- — to fall into thought, remember, care for; to fall...

smeoru (Old English): fat, grease, suet, tallow

Definitions

  1. fat, grease, suet, tallow

Ancestry of “smeoru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*smerugrease, butter, fat
2Proto-Germanicsmerwągrease, butter, fat
3Proto-Celticsmérusmarrow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmérusgrease
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmer-to fall into thought, remember, care for; to fall...

Words derived from “smeoru”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European smérus →Every word from Proto-Celtic smérus →