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

  1. taste; flavour; smell, odor

Ancestry of “Geschmack”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangismactaste
2Proto-West Germanic*smakkutaste
3Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-

Words derived from “Geschmack

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-