Where does “Geschmaach” come from?

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

Geschmaach (Luxembourgish): taste, flavour

Definitions

  1. taste, flavour

Ancestry of “Geschmaach”, step by step

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