Where does “smirak” come from?
smirak (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.
smirak (Serbo-Croatian): emery
Ancestry of “smirak”, step by step