Where does “smakelijk” come from?

smakelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch lijk, from Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch līk, from Proto-West Germanic līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

smakelijk (Dutch): tasty, delicious; enjoy your meal, bon appétit

Definitions

  1. tasty, delicious; enjoy your meal, bon appétit

Ancestry of “smakelijk”, step by step

smakelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch lijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchlijkThe dead but otherwise intact body of a human or...
2Middle Dutchlijc—
3Old Dutchlīk—
4Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
5Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

via Dutch smaak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsmaaktaste, sense of taste; taste, decorum
2Middle Dutchsmāketaste, act of tasting
3Old Dutch*smako—
4Proto-West Germanic*smakōtaste

Words derived from “smakelijk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic līk →