Where does “smak” come from?

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

smak (Norwegian Bokmål): taste; imperative of smake

Definitions

  1. taste; imperative of smake

Ancestry of “smak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansmaktaste; smell
2Old Saxonsmakk—
3Proto-West Germanic*smakkutaste
4Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
5Proto-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 →