Where does “smaken” come from?

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

smaken (Middle English): to taste, smack

Definitions

  1. to taste, smack

Ancestry of “smaken”, step by step

smaken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German smāken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansmāken—
2Proto-Germanicsmakōną—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₂g-to taste

via Middle Dutch smaken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsmaken—

Words derived from “smaken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakōną →Every word from Middle Low German smāken →