Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smītaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic

Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, whick, strike, rub”), and cognate with Proto-Slavic *smědъ (“brown, dirty”), Old Armenian միծ (mic, “fetid mud”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsmiː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*smītaną^[2]

Inflection

Conjugation of *smītaną (strong class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*smītō	*smītaų	—	*smītai	?
2nd singular	*smītizi	*smītaiz	*smīt	*smītazai	*smītaizau
3rd singular	*smītidi	*smītai	*smītadau	*smītadai	*smītaidau
1st dual	*smītōz	*smītaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*smītadiz	*smītaidiz	*smītadiz	—	—
1st plural	*smītamaz	*smītaim	—	*smītandai	*smītaindau
2nd plural	*smītid	*smītaid	*smītid	*smītandai	*smītaindau
3rd plural	*smītandi	*smītain	*smītandau	*smītandai	*smītaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smait	*smitį̄
2nd singular	*smaist	*smitīz
3rd singular	*smait	*smitī
1st dual	*smitū	*smitīw
2nd dual	*smitudiz	*smitīdiz
1st plural	*smitum	*smitīm
2nd plural	*smitud	*smitīd
3rd plural	*smitun	*smitīn

	present	past
participles	*smītandz	*smitanaz

Related terms

*maitaną (possibly)
*smiþaz (“smith”) (possibly)

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *smītan
- Old English: smītan
  - Middle English: smiten
    - Scots: smite, smyte
    - English: smite
- Old Frisian: smīta
  - Saterland Frisian: smita
    - Saterland Frisian: smiete
  - West Frisian: smite
- Old Saxon: smītan
  - Middle Low German: smîten
    - Low German: smieten
- Old Dutch: *smītan
  - Middle Dutch: smiten
    - Dutch: smijten
      - Afrikaans: smyt
    - Limburgish: smiete
- Old High German: smīzan
  - Middle High German: smīzen
    - German: schmeißen
    - Hunsrik: schmeise
    - Luxembourgish: schmäissen
Old Norse: smíta
- Swedish: smita
- Danish: smide
Gothic: *𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*smeitan) (in 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bismeitan) and 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (gasmeitan))

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*smītan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 459
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*smītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 355

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*smītan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 459

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*smītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 355

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