Where does “smirnă” come from?
smirnă (Romanian) comes from Russian смирно, from Russian сми́рный, from Russian смири́ть, from Old East Slavic съмѣрити, from Old Church Slavonic съ, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
smirnă (Romanian): myrrh
Definitions
- myrrh
Ancestry of “smirnă”, step by step
smirnă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian смирно
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | смирно | quietly in a quiet manner |
| 2 | Russian | сми́рный | quiet, mild, meek |
| 3 | Russian | смири́ть | to humble, to tame |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | съмѣрити | mitigate |
| 5 | Old Church Slavonic | съ | with |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |