Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “smag” come from?

smag (Danish) comes from Middle Low German smak, from Old Saxon smakk, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

smag (Danish): taste

Definitions

  1. taste

Ancestry of “smag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansmaktaste; smell
2Old Saxonsmakk—
3Proto-West Germanic*smakku—
4Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—

Words derived from “smag”

  • smagsstof
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →