Where does “smaksstoff” come from?
smaksstoff (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk smak, from Low German smak, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.
smaksstoff (Norwegian Nynorsk): flavouring or flavoring
Ancestry of “smaksstoff”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | smak | taste; imperative of smaka |
| 2 | Low German | smak | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | smakkuz | taste, savour, smatch, flavour |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |