Where does “smæc” come from?
smæc (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.
smæc (Old English): smack, taste, flavour
Ancestry of “smæc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *smakku | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |
Words derived from “smæc”