Where does “eftersmag” come from?
eftersmag (Danish) comes from Danish smag, from Middle Low German smak, from Old Saxon smakk, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.
eftersmag (Danish): aftertaste
Definitions
- aftertaste
Ancestry of “eftersmag”, step by step
eftersmag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish smag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | smag | taste |
| 2 | Middle Low German | smak | taste; smell |
| 3 | Old Saxon | smakk | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *smakku | taste |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | smakkuz | taste, savour, smatch, flavour |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |
via Danish efter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | efter | after; subsequent; later in time than; later,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | eptir | after; afterwards; along |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ | after |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | after | after, behind |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epoteros | further behind, further away |