Old English smeortan

← English smart (link)

← Proto-Germanic *smertaną (inherited)

← Old High German smerzan (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (derived)

→ English smart (inherited)

→ Old English smeortung (affix)

→ Middle English smerten (inherited)

→ Middle English smorten (mention)

→ Ancient Greek σμερδνός (cognate)

→ Ancient Greek σμερδαλέος (cognate)