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English

Smigiel

Smigiel comes from Polish śmigać ‘to zip, to zoom, to scoot’, from Proto-Slavic *migàti ‘to blink’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- ‘fog, mist, cloud’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃meygʰ-‘fog, mist, cloud’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*meigā́ˀtei‘to blink’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*migàti‘to blink’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*smigàtireconstructed
  5. Polishmodernśmigać‘to zip, to zoom, to scoot’
  6. Polish, derivedmodernSmigiel
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃meygʰ-‘fog, mist, cloud’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*meigā́ˀtei‘to blink’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*migàti‘to blink’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*smigàtireconstructed
  5. Polishmodernśmigać‘to zip, to zoom, to scoot’
  6. Polish, derivedmodernSmigiel
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-

Today it means

name A surname from Polish.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- / Smigiel

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