Where does “smilgrop” come from?
smilgrop (Swedish) comes from Swedish grop, from Old Swedish grop.
smilgrop (Swedish): a dimple (on the cheek)
Ancestry of “smilgrop”, step by step
smilgrop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish grop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | grop | hole in the ground; hollow; a sunken area in... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | grop | — |
via Swedish smil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | smil | a smile (archetypically a slight smile with closed lips that is put-on or cheeky) |
| 2 | Swedish | smila | to smile (archetypically slightly, with closed lips, and in a put-on or cheeky way) |