smol·der also smoul·der 
(smōldər)
(smōldər)intr.v. smol·dered, smol·der·ing, smol·ders also smoul·dered or smoul·der·ing or smoul·ders
1. To burn with little smoke and no flame.
2. To exist in a suppressed state: Revolution smoldered in the masses.
3. To show signs of repressed anger or hatred.
n.
Thick smoke resulting from a slow fire.
[Middle English smolderen, to suffocate, from smolder, smoke, probably alteration of smorther, from Old English smorian, to smoke.]
- Indo-European root: skrībh-
- Indo-European root: sleiə-
- Indo-European root: sleubh-
- Indo-European root: slēb-
- Indo-European root: slēg-
- Indo-European root: smei-
- Indo-European root: (s)mer-
- Indo-European root: (s)mer-
- Indo-European root: sneigwh-
- Indo-European root: (s)neəu-
- Indo-European root: snā-
- Indo-European root: (s)nāu-
- Indo-European root: (s)nē-
- Indo-European root: so-
- Indo-European root: sol-
- Indo-European root: spek-
- Indo-European root: (s)pen-
- Indo-European root: spend-
- Indo-European root: sper-
- Indo-European root: sperə-
- Indo-European root: spē-
- Indo-European root: sreu-
- Indo-European root: (s)teg-
- Indo-European root: stegh-
- Indo-European root: steig-