Where does “Geschmacksstörung” come from?

Geschmacksstörung (German) comes from German Geschmack, from Old High German gismac, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

Geschmacksstörung (German): dysgeusia

Definitions

  1. dysgeusia

Ancestry of “Geschmacksstörung”, step by step

Geschmacksstörung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Geschmack

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGeschmacktaste; flavour; smell, odor
2Old High Germangismactaste
3Proto-West Germanic*smakkutaste
4Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-

via German Störung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStörungdisturbance; dysfunction, disorder
2Germanstörento disturb, to interfere, to bother
3Middle High Germanstören
4Old High Germanstōren
5Proto-West Germanic*staurijanto destroy, disturb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *smakku