Where does “śmierdzieć” come from?

śmierdzieć (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic smьrděti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic smirˀdḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.

śmierdzieć (Polish): to stink, smell bad; to stink, be fishy

Definitions

  1. to stink, smell bad; to stink, be fishy

Ancestry of “śmierdzieć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsmьrdětito stink
2Proto-Balto-Slavicsmirˀdḗˀteito stink
3Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting

Words derived from “śmierdzieć”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic smirˀdḗˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic smьrděti →