Where does “gesmac” come from?

gesmac (Middle High German) comes from Old High German gismac, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

gesmac (Middle High German): taste

Definitions

  1. taste

Ancestry of “gesmac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangismactaste
2Proto-West Germanic*smakkutaste
3Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—

Words derived from “gesmac”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *smakku →
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