Where does “smake” come from?

smake (Middle English) comes from Middle English smaken, from Middle Low German smāken, from Proto-Germanic smakōną, from Proto-Indo-European smeh₂g- — to taste.

smake (Middle English): taste; flavor

Definitions

  1. taste; flavor

Ancestry of “smake”, step by step

smake traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English smaken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsmakento taste, smack
2Middle Low Germansmāken—
3Proto-Germanicsmakōną—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₂g-to taste

via Old English smæcc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishsmæccAlternative form of smæċ; taste, flavour
2Proto-West Germanic*smakkutaste
3Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—

via Old English smæc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsmæcsmack, taste, flavour
2Proto-Germanic*smakku—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakōną →Every word from Middle Low German smāken →