Where does “шмиргла” come from?
шмиргла (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Schmirgel, from Italian smeriglio, from Greek σμερίλιον, from Ancient Greek σμερί, from Ancient Greek σμύρις — emery-powder, used by lapidaries.
шмиргла (Serbo-Croatian): emery
Ancestry of “шмиргла”, step by step