Where does “smaka” come from?
smaka (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German smak, from Old Saxon smakk, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.
smaka (Norwegian Nynorsk): to taste
Definitions
- to taste
Ancestry of “smaka”, step by step
smaka traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German smak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | smak | taste; smell |
| 2 | Old Saxon | smakk | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *smakku | taste |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | smakkuz | taste, savour, smatch, flavour |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |
via Middle Low German smāken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | smāken | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | smakōną | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | smeh₂g- | to taste |
via Low German smaken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low German | smaken | — |