smutmhadra = pug-dog in Irish
Most of the European languages borrowed the name for that cute dog from the Dutch “mops” (through the German “Mops”) or (probably) from “Carlin” – a nickname of Italian actor Carlo Bestinazzi (1713-83) whose Harlequin mask resembled a dog’s snout.
Irish language went different road. It joined two words: “smut” (snout) and “madra” (dog).
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