Where does “smac” come from?

smac (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

Ancestry of “smac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuz →