Where does “smaragd” come from?

smaragd (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Smaragd, from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος, from Proto-Semitic bariq- — lightning.

smaragd (Serbo-Croatian): emerald

Definitions

  1. emerald

Ancestry of “smaragd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSmaragdEmerald
2Latinsmaragdusemerald
3Ancient Greekσμάραγδοςemerald
4Proto-Semiticbariq-lightning
Every word from Proto-Semitic bariq- →Every word from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος →Every word from Latin smaragdus →