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Where does “smak” come from?

smak (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch smacken, from Old Dutch *smakkon.

smak (Dutch): crash, blow, smack

Definitions

  1. crash, blow, smack

Ancestry of “smak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsmacken—
2Old Dutch*smakkon—

Words derived from “smak”

  • smikkelen
  • smakken
Every word from Old Dutch *smakkon →