σμίλη

• σμῖλα (smîla)

The word has been connected with Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“smith”); however, this etymology is shaky. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *smī- (“to cut, hew”). Alternatively, a Pre-Greek etymology might be considered.

σμῑ́λη • (smī́lē) f (genitive σμῑ́λης); first declension

1. A tool for cutting or carving: knife, chisel

• → Aramaic: (“scalpel, shoe-knife”)

  Classical Syriac: ܙܡܝܻܠܝܳܐ (zmēlyā)

  Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܝܙܡܝܠ (/⁠*ʾizmēl⁠/)

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic: אִיזְמֵיל / אִיזְמֵל / אִזְמֵל (ʾizmēl), אוּזְמֵל (ʾuzmēl)

  • → Arabic: إِزْمِيل (ʔizmīl, “shoe-knife; chisel”)
• → Hebrew: אִזְמֵל (ʾizmēl, “scalpel”)

• “σμίλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • chisel idem, page 130.
  • knife idem, page 470.
  • scoop idem, page 740.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• “ˀwzmyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

σμίλη • (smíli) f (plural σμίλες)

1. chisel

   Synonym: σκαρπέλο (skarpélo)

• Σκαρπέλο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• σμίλη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language