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

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

Alternative reconstructions

Root

*(s)merd-[2]

  1. to bite, to sting

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)merd-‎ (5 c, 0 e)
  • *(s)merd- (root present)
    • Proto-Germanic: *smertaną (“to hurt”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *(s)márdati
  • *(s)mord-éye- or *h₂mord-éye- (iterative)[1]
  • *(s)mórd-os
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *smárˀdas
      • Latvian: smaȓds
      • Lithuanian: smárdas
      • Proto-Slavic: *smȏrdъ (see there for further descendants)
  • *smerd-nós
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Armenian:
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *smirˀdḗˀtei (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *(s)merdā
    • Hellenic:
    • Tocharian:
      • Tocharian A: märtk
      • Tocharian B: märtk

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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