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Where does “geschmackvoll” come from?

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

geschmackvoll (German): tasteful

Definitions

  1. tasteful

Ancestry of “geschmackvoll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGeschmacktaste; flavour; smell, odor
2Old High Germangismactaste
3Proto-West Germanic*smakku—
4Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →