Where does “smorþor” come from?
smorþor (Old English) comes from Old English -þor, from Proto-West Germanic -þr, from Proto-Germanic -þrą, from Proto-Indo-European *-trom.
smorþor (Old English): smoke
Ancestry of “smorþor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | -þor | instrumental suffix creating neuter nouns from... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | -þr | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -þrą | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *-trom | — |
Words derived from “smorþor”