Where does “smaak” come from?
smaak (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch smāke, from Old Dutch *smako, from Proto-West Germanic *smakō.
smaak (Dutch): taste, sense of taste; taste, decorum
Definitions
- taste, sense of taste; taste, decorum
Ancestry of “smaak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | smāke | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | *smako | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *smakō | — |
Words derived from “smaak”