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Where does “smel” come from?

smel (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic smal, from Proto-Germanic smalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mal- — small; little.

smel (Old Frisian): small

Definitions

  1. small

Ancestry of “smel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsmalsmall
2Proto-Germanicsmalazsmall
3Proto-Indo-European(s)mal-small; little

Words derived from “smel”

  • smäl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mal- →