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- Old Englishsmōþ
- Middle Englishsmothe
- Proto-West Germanic*smanþī
- Old Englishsmēþe
- Middle Englishsmethe
- English todaysmooth
From Middle English smothe, smethe, from Old English smēþe, smōþ, both from Proto-West Germanic *smanþī, of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots smuith (“smooth”), Saterland Frisian smoud (“smooth”), Low German smood and smödig (“smooth, malleable, ductile”), Dutch smeuïg (“smooth”) (from earlier smeudig).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishsmēþe all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.