Where does “wansmaak” come from?

wansmaak (Dutch) comes from Dutch smaak, from Middle Dutch smāke, from Old Dutch *smako, from Proto-West Germanic *smakō — taste.

wansmaak (Dutch): poor aesthetic taste

Definitions

  1. poor aesthetic taste

Ancestry of “wansmaak”, step by step

wansmaak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch smaak

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

via Dutch wan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwanwinnowing basket
2Middle Dutchwan—

Words derived from “wansmaak”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *smakō →Every word from Old Dutch *smako →Every word from Middle Dutch smāke →