smel-1

    smel-1

    English meaning: to burn for a long time, smoulder

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “langsam and rauchend verbrennen, schwelen”

    Material: M.Ir. smül, smōl, smūal f. “fire, blaze, glow, ash”; mnl. smölen, Dutch smeulen “gleam, smolder “, nd. smelen, smölen ds., ō-grade Flem. smoel “muggy”; M.Eng. smolder ‘smoke”, nEng. smoulder; also (compare rauchen : riechen), M.Eng. smel, smul (-ll-) ‘smell, odor”, Eng. smell; O.Sor. smalić ‘singe”, nsorb. smališ ‘singe, schwärzen”, Clr. prysmaɫūty “anbrennen”. With k-extension: Lith. smilkstù, smil̃kti “einen schwachen Dunst or Rauch from sich give”, smilkūti “räuchern”, smelkiù, smel̃kti “ersticken”; besides in Gmc. with r- O.E. smorian “ersticken (tr.)”, M.L.G. smoren “dämpfen, ersticken (tr.and intr.), schmoren”, Flem. smoren ‘smoke, misty sein”, M.L.G. smurten “ersticken”, M.Eng. smorther, Eng. smother “vapor”.

    References: WP. II 691 f.; Vasmer 3, 670, 675.