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Where does “smicer” come from?

smicer (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *smikr, from Proto-Germanic smikraz, from Proto-Indo-European smēy-.

smicer (Old English): beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine,...

Definitions

  1. beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine,...

Ancestry of “smicer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*smikr—
2Proto-Germanicsmikrazfine, fair, tender, elegant
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmēy-—

Words derived from “smicer”

  • smicker
  • smiker
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smēy- →