German schmähen

← Proto-Germanic *smēhijaną (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *smikraz (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *smēhaz (cognate)

← Middle High German smæhen (inherited)

← Old High German smāhen (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *smēyg- (derived)

← Dutch smaad (cognate)

→ German schmählich (suffix)

→ German Schmähschrift (compound)

→ Icelandic smá (cognate)

→ Old Norse smá (cognate)