Where does “smakssak” come from?

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

smakssak (Norwegian Bokmål): a matter of taste

Definitions

  1. a matter of taste

Ancestry of “smakssak”, step by step

smakssak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål smak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsmaktaste; imperative of smake
2Middle Low Germansmaktaste; smell
3Old Saxonsmakk—
4Proto-West Germanic*smakkutaste
5Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—

via Norwegian Bokmål sak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsaka legal dispute, litigation; a case; a matter,...
2Old Norsesǫklegal case, action; fault
3Proto-Germanicsakōquarrel; charge, case, lawsuit; thing, matter
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂g-to seek out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *smakku →