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

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

*h₂merd-[1]

Root

*(s)merd- [2]

to bite, to sting

Derived terms

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*(s)merd- (root present)
- Germanic: *smertaną (“to hurt”) (see there for further descendants)
- Indo-Iranian: *(s)márdati
  - Indo-Aryan: *(s)márdati
    - Sanskrit: मर्दति (márdati)
*(s)mord-éye- or *h₂mord-éye- (iterative)[1]
- Italic:
  - Latin: mordeō
*smerd-nós
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: σμερδνός (smerdnós)
Unsorted formations:
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: մարտ (mart)
    - Armenian: մարտ (mart)
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: σμερδαλέος (smerdaléos)
- Tocharian:
  - Tocharian A: märtk
  - Tocharian B: märtk

References

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

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[De_Vaan_2008-1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill