Etymology Explorer › Old High German

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

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

Words derived from “gismac”

  • geschmacklos
  • Nachgeschmack
  • geschmäcklerisch
  • Geschmackssinn
  • Geschmacksstoff
  • Metallgeschmack
  • Geschmacksverstärker
  • Gschmäckle
  • Geschmacksstörung
  • geschmackvoll
  • geschmacksneutral
  • Geschmäckle
  • geschmacklich
  • Geschmack
  • žmaha
  • žmah
  • Geschmaach
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