Where does “smaksstoff” come from?
smaksstoff (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-.
smaksstoff (Norwegian Bokmål): flavouring or flavoring
Ancestry of “smaksstoff”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | smak | taste; imperative of smake |
| 2 | Middle Low German | smak | taste; smell |
| 3 | Old Saxon | smakk | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *smakku | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | smakkuz | taste, savour, smatch, flavour |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |