Where does “gismac” come from?

gismac (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

gismac (Old High German): taste

Definitions

  1. taste

Ancestry of “gismac”, step by step

gismac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *smakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*smakkutaste
2Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—

via Proto-Germanic *smakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*smakku—

Words derived from “gismac”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *smakku →