Where does “maku” come from?

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

maku (Finnish): taste, flavor; sense of taste; flavor of a quark...

Definitions

  1. taste, flavor; sense of taste; flavor of a quark...

Ancestry of “maku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmakutaste, flavour
2Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—

Words derived from “maku”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuz →Every word from Proto-Finnic maku →