smör
Swedish
/smøːr/
noun
Definitions
- butter (soft foodstuff made from milk)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish smior inherited from Old Norse smjǫr inherited from Proto-Germanic *smerwą (grease, butter, fat) derived from Proto-Indo-European *smérus (grease).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*smérus
Gloss
grease
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- smorgasbord English
- *smer- Proto-Indo-European
- *smérus Proto-Indo-European
- smør Norwegian Bokmål
- *smerwą Proto-Germanic
- *smirwijaną Proto-Germanic
- bord Swedish
- deg Swedish
- mesa Swedish
- messmör Swedish
- smördeg Swedish
- smördegsbröd Swedish
- smörgås Swedish
- smörgåsbord Swedish
- smörig Swedish
- smør Norwegian Nynorsk
- smior Irish
- smjǫr Old Norse
- smør Danish
- hnetusmjör Icelandic
- smjör Icelandic
- smjörhnífur Icelandic
- smjörlauf Icelandic
- smero Old High German
- smiur Old Irish
- smør Faroese
- smer Middle High German
- Schmier Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂 Gothic
- *smeru gmw-pro
- *smérus Proto-Celtic
- Schmër Alemannic German
- smior Old Swedish