Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/smeḱ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms 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

*smeḱ-

1. beard; chin

Derived terms

• *sméḱ-om
  • Proto-Celtic: *smekom
    • Old Irish: smech n (“chin”)
• *sm̥ḱ-sléh₂
  • Proto-Italic: *smakslā, ⇒ *smakslelā
    • Latin: māla; maxilla (see there for further descendants)
• *smóḱ-wr̥

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “māla”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 359f.
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*smeko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 347
• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 107a

Further reading

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “smek-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 968