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Where does “smæc” come from?

smæc (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

smæc (Old English): smack, taste, flavour

Definitions

  1. smack, taste, flavour

Ancestry of “smæc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*smakku—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—

Words derived from “smæc”

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