Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To hit; to strike. · To strike down or kill with godly force. · To injure with divine power. · To kill violently; to slay.
A heavy strike with a weapon, tool, or the hand.
From Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan (“to daub, smear, smudge; soil, defile, pollute”), from Proto-West Germanic *smītan, from Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to sling; throw; smear”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, whisk, strike, rub”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian smiete (“to throw, toss”), West Frisian smite (“to throw”), Dutch smijten (“to fling, hurl, throw”), German Low German smieten (“to throw, chuck, toss”), German schmeißen (“to fling, throw”), Danish smide (“to throw”), Swedish smita (“to run off (to)”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bismeitan, “to besmear, anoint”).
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- Inherited-form mentionsmitenenm
- Inherited-form mentionsmītanang · to daub, smear, smudge; soil, defile, pollute
- Inherited-form mention*smītangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*smītanągem-pro · to sling; throw; smear
- Derivation mention*smeyd-ine-pro · to smear, whisk, strike, rub
- Cognate mentionsmietestq · to throw, toss
- Cognate mentionsmitefy · to throw
- Cognate mentionsmijtennl · to fling, hurl, throw
- Cognate mentionschmeißende · to fling, throw
- Cognate mentionsmideda · to throw
- Cognate mentionsmitasv · to run off (to)
- Cognate mention𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽got · to besmear, anoint
This page abbreviates 3 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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