smek-

    smek-

    English meaning: chin, beard

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Kinn, Mundpartie, Bart”

    Note: in O.Ind. with k̂

    Material: O.Ind. śmaśru- n. “beard, whisker, moustache” (assim. from *smasŕ u-); Arm. mauruk”, moruk” “beard”; Alb. mjekrë “chin, beard” (*smekrü);

    Note: Common Alb. shift sm > m; drop of initial s- in Alb. perhaps Lat. müla “Kinnbacke, maxilla “, Dimin. maxilla (*smek-slü, dessen vowel with dem Arm. a vergleichbar wäre); Ir. smech “chin” (*smekü), presumably O.E.smǣ ras m. pl. “Lippen” (*smahria-), in addition as “Lippenblũtler” Mod.Ice. smǣ ra f., smüri m., Nor. Dan.smǣ re m., Swe. dial. smäre m. “Кlее”, after other to smei- “lächeln”; Lith. smãkras m., smakrà f. “chin”, Ltv. smakrs “chin, palate”; Hitt. zama(n)kur “beard” (*smokur or *smokru-).

    References: WP. II 689, WH. II 15, Trautmann 270.