smá
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- to scorn, slight, revile
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *smēhijaną (despise, belittle, reduce) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *smēyg- (small, delicate, thin).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*smēyg-
Gloss
small, delicate, thin
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
小
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Schmähschrift German
- schmähen German
- schmählich German
- smaad Dutch, Flemish
- smaadrede Dutch, Flemish
- smadelijk Dutch, Flemish
- μικρός Ancient Greek
- *smē- Proto-Indo-European
- *smēyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *smikraz Proto-Germanic
- *smēhijaną Proto-Germanic
- smicer Old English
- smán Old Norse
- smá Icelandic
- smade Middle Dutch
- smāhen Old High German
- smæhen Middle High German