Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smarōną

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/

Verb

*smarōną

to mock; scoff at; deride

Inflection

Conjugation of *smarōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
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
- Middle English: bismer, bismar, bysmare, bissemare; smirken
  - Scots: bismere, bysmer; smirk, smirkle, smerkle
  - English: bismer; smirk; (besmear)
(Old Frisian: smere)
- (Saterland Frisian: besmeere (possibly a borrowing from Middle Low German))
- (West Frisian: smoar; besmjirkje, besmoarkje)
Old Saxon: *bismerōn; bismer
- Middle Low German: besmēren
  - German Low German: besmeren
Old Dutch: bismeron; bismer
- (Middle Dutch: besmeren, besmaren)
  - (Dutch: besmeren, besmeuren)
Old High German: bismarōn; bismerōn; bismar, bismer; (bismirwen)
- Middle High German: smieren; (besmirwen, besmiren)
  - German: schmieren; (beschmieren)

References

^ “smirk”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “smirk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[1] “smirk”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

[2] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “smirk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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