Where does “maistiainen” come from?

maistiainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish maistaa, from Finnish maku, from Proto-Finnic maku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

maistiainen (Finnish): tasting small amount of food or drink, especially one consumed or offered as sample

Definitions

  1. tasting small amount of food or drink, especially one consumed or offered as sample

Ancestry of “maistiainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaistaato taste; to taste, have a taste of
2Finnishmakutaste, flavor; sense of taste; flavor of a quark...
3Proto-Finnicmakutaste, flavour
4Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuz →Every word from Proto-Finnic maku →