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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

Definitions

  1. smoke

Ancestry of “smorþor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-þorinstrumental suffix creating neuter nouns from...
2Proto-West Germanic-þrForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument; Forms...
3Proto-Germanic-þrąForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
4Proto-Indo-European*-trom—

Words derived from “smorþor”

  • smorther
  • smother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-trom →