Where does “smak” come from?

smak (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon smakk, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

smak (Middle Low German): taste; smell

Definitions

  1. taste; smell

Ancestry of “smak”, step by step

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

Words derived from “smak”

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