Where does “Geschmack” come from?
Geschmack (German) comes from Old High German gismac, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.
Geschmack (German): taste; flavour; smell, odor
Definitions
- taste; flavour; smell, odor
Ancestry of “Geschmack”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | gismac | taste |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *smakku | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | smakkuz | taste, savour, smatch, flavour |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |
Words derived from “Geschmack”