Where does “smagssans” come from?

smagssans (Danish) comes from Danish sans, from French Sens, from Italian senso, from English sense, from Middle English sense, from Old French sens, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census — to cover, conceal; hornless.

smagssans (Danish): the faculty of taste; the ability to perceive taste

Definitions

  1. the faculty of taste; the ability to perceive taste

Ancestry of “smagssans”, step by step

smagssans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish sans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsanssense
2FrenchSensmeaning, sense
3Italiansensosense; direction; purpose
4EnglishsenseAny of the manners by which living beings...
5Middle Englishsensemeaning, signification; interpretation
6Old Frenchsensreason; ability to reason or think
7Latinsēnsusfaculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense
8Dutchcensusa census
9Latincensuscensus, a registering of the populace and their...
10LatincenseoI give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I...
11Proto-Italickensēōto give an opinion
12Proto-Italickensējō
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱens-éh₁-ye-ti
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱens-to announce, to proclaim; to put in order
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱem-to cover, conceal; hornless

via Danish smag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsmagtaste
2Middle Low Germansmaktaste; smell
3Old Saxonsmakk
4Proto-West Germanic*smakkutaste
5Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱem-
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