Where does “smak” come from?

smak (Middle English) comes from Old English smæc, from Proto-Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

smak (Middle English): The taste of things

Definitions

  1. The taste of things

Ancestry of “smak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsmæcsmack, taste, flavour
2Proto-Germanic*smakku—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *smakku →Every word from Old English smæc →