Where does “smacke” come from?
smacke (Middle English) comes from Old English smæc, from Proto-Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.
Ancestry of “smacke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | smæc | smack, taste, flavour |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *smakku | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |
Words derived from “smacke”