Where does “smake” come from?

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

Ancestry of “smake”, step by step

smake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon smakk

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

via Old Saxon smak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonsmak—

Words derived from “smake”

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