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Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Pre-Germanic *smidnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to *smītaną (“to strike”).[1]
Verb
*smittōną
- to strike
Inflection
The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *smitt- against *smit-.
Descendants
Etymology 2
Derived from *smittǭ (“stain, smear”) + *-ōną; see *smītaną (“to smear, stain, dirty”). Alternatively from *smitiz (“stain”). Either way, from the same origin as the "strike" sense of Etymology 1.[1]
Verb
*smittōną
- to stain, smear
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*smit(t)ōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 459