Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/smordъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *smorʔdos, from Proto-Indo-European *smord-o-s. Cognate with Latvian smaȓds,Lithuanian smardas, Latin merda (“dung, excrement, shit”).

Noun

*smȏrdъ m

stench

Related terms

*smьrdě̀ti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: смо́рад (smórad), смуро́д (smuród)
- Russian: смо́род (smórod) (obsolete)
- Ukrainian: смо́рід (smórid)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: смрадъ (smradŭ)
  - → Russian: смра́д (smrád)
- Bulgarian: смрад (smrad)
- Macedonian: смрдеа (smrdea), смрад (smrad)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: смра̑д
  
  Latin: smrȃd
- Slovene: smrȃd (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Czech: smrad
- Polish: smród
- Slovak: smrad
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: smrod
  
  Upper Sorbian: smród

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “смо́род”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*smordъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456

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