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Where does “smæċċ” come from?

smæċċ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

smæċċ (Old English): taste, smatch

Definitions

  1. taste, smatch

Ancestry of “smæċċ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “smæċċ”

  • smack
  • smacking
  • smooch
  • smacker
  • smoochy
  • smackhead
  • gobsmacking
  • smackingly
  • smacky
  • smoochie
  • gobsmackingly
  • smackable
  • smoocher
  • smoochy-woochy
  • foresmack
  • smackless
  • smoochiness
  • smoochily
  • smoochfest
  • smackee
  • smac
  • smak
  • smacke
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