Where does “smak” come from?

smak (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Low German smak, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

smak (Norwegian Nynorsk): taste; imperative of smaka

Definitions

  1. taste; imperative of smaka

Ancestry of “smak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germansmak—
2Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—

Words derived from “smak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuz →Every word from Low German smak →
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