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by singularity2001 3292 days ago
Interesting.

Butter + Schmetten/смета́на • (smetána) probably still come from beat:schmettern<>smith and or smeltan:smelt.

Where do Schmeissfliege (blowfly) and Schmalz(molten fat) sit? ;)

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Or maybe not: βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”). tūrós <> Taurus = cow hmmm