smeru-

    smeru-

    English meaning: grease, fat

    Deutsche Übersetzung: and Ä hnliches: ‘schmer, Fett”

    Material: Gk. probably σμύρις ‘schmirgel zum Abreiben and Polieren”, (σ)μυρίζω “poliere through Reiben, anoint, smear, rub”, μύρον n. “wohlriechendes Salböl, Pflanzensaft”, perhaps also (σ)μῦρος “a kind of Aal, Muräne” as “fettig sich anfũhlend”; Lat. perhaps in medullae pl. “Mark from bone and Pflanzen”, through influence of medius from *merulla transfigured; O.Ir. smi(u)r m., gen. smera “Mark”, Welsh mer “Mark”; O.Ice. smiǫr n., O.E. smeoru, O.H.G. smero (gen. smerwes) ‘schmer, fat”, whereof O.Ice. smyria, smyrva “bestreichen, anoint”, O.E. smierwan “anoint”, O.H.G. smirwen “anoint, schmieren”, Ger. Schmer, schmieren, Schmirgel; with other stem formation Goth. smaírÞr n. “fat”, smarnōs “ordure, crap, muck, droppings” (meaning as Ger. schmierig, Dutch smerig “kotig, dirty, filthy”).

    References: WP. II 690 f., WH. II 58 f.