Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/(s)merd-

This entry contains Proto-Indo-European reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*(s)merd-

1. To bite, to sting.

Descendants

• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: մարտ (mart)
    • Armenian: մարտ (mart)
• Germanic: *smertaną
  • Old English: smeortan
    • Middle English: smerten
      • English: smart
  • Old Dutch: *smertan
    • Middle Dutch: smerten
      • Dutch: smerten, smarten
  • Old High German: smerzan
    • Middle High German: schmerzen
      • German: schmerzen
  • Old Norse:
    • Danish: smerte
    • Swedish: smärta
• Indo-Iranian:
  • Sanskrit: मर्दति (mardati)
• Italic:
  • Latin: mordēre
    • French: mordre
    • Friulian: muardi
    • Italian: mordere
    • Portuguese: morder
    • Romansch: morder
    • Spanish: morder
• Tocharian:
  • Tocharian A: märtk
  • Tocharian B: märtk