Where does “šmoł” come from?

šmoł (Vilamovian) comes from Middle High German smal, from Old High German smal, from Proto-West Germanic smal, from Proto-Germanic smalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mal- — small; little.

šmoł (Vilamovian): narrow

Definitions

  1. narrow

Ancestry of “šmoł”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansmal—
2Old High Germansmalsmall
3Proto-West Germanicsmalsmall
4Proto-Germanicsmalazsmall
5Proto-Indo-European(s)mal-small; little
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mal- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smalaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic smal →