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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smarōną
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This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *smerōną
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps related to *smīlijaną (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey- (“to laugh”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmɑ.rɔː.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *smarōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *smarō | *smarǭ | — | *smarōi | ? |
| 2nd singular | *smarōsi | *smarōs | *smarō | *smarōsai | *smarōsau |
| 3rd singular | *smarōþi | *smarō | *smarōþau | *smarōþai | *smarōþau |
| 1st dual | *smarōs | *smarōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *smarōþiz | *smarōþiz | *smarōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *smarōmaz | *smarōm | — | *smarōnþai | *smarōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *smarōþ | *smarōþ | *smarōþ | *smarōnþai | *smarōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *smarōnþi | *smarōn | *smarōnþau | *smarōnþai | *smarōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *smarōdǭ | *smarōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *smarōdēz | *smarōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *smarōdē | *smarōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *smarōdēdū | *smarōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *smarōdēdudiz | *smarōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *smarōdēdum | *smarōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *smarōdēdud | *smarōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *smarōdēdun | *smarōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *smarōndz | *smarōdaz | |||
Derived terms
- *bismarōną/*bismerōną
Descendants
Note: Many of the descendants merged this word with similar-sounding words derived from *smirwijaną.
- Old English: smerian; bismerian; bismer, bismor; smercian, smearcian
- (Old Frisian: smere)
- (Saterland Frisian: besmeere (possibly a borrowing from Middle Low German))
- (West Frisian: smoar; besmjirkje, besmoarkje)
- Old Saxon: *bismerōn; bismer
- Old Dutch: bismeron; bismer
- Old High German: bismarōn; bismerōn; bismar, bismer; (bismirwen)
- Middle High German: smieren; (besmirwen, besmiren)
- German: schmieren; (beschmieren)
- Middle High German: smieren; (besmirwen, besmiren)
References
- “smirk”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “smirk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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