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

smacke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English smæc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsmæcsmack, taste, flavour
2Proto-Germanic*smakku—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—

via Old English smæċċ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsmæċċtaste, smatch
2Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmeg-to taste; taste
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *smakku →Every word from Old English smæc →
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