smero

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smeru, from Proto-Germanic *smerwą, from Proto-Indo-European *smérus.

Cognate with Old English smeoru, Old Norse smjǫr, Gothic 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂 (smairþr), also Old Irish smiur (“marrow”), Tocharian B ṣmare.

Noun

smero n

1. fat

Descendants

• Middle High German: smër
  • Alemannic German: Schmër
  • German: Schmer
  • → Polish: smar
  • → Carpathian Rusyn: смар (smar)