Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/smeḱ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*smeḱ-

beard; chin

Derived terms

*sméḱ-om
- Proto-Celtic: *smekom
  - Old Irish: smech n (“chin”)
*sm̥ḱ-sléh₂
- Proto-Italic: *smakslā, ⇒ *smakslelā
  - Latin: māla; maxilla (see there for further descendants)
*smóḱ-wr̥

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “māla”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 359f.
Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*smeko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 347
Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 107a

Proto-Indo-European

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