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Where does “niesmaczny” come from?

niesmaczny (Polish) comes from Polish smaczny, from Polish smak, from Old Polish smak, from Middle Low German smak, from Old Saxon smakk, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

niesmaczny (Polish): unsavoury; distasteful, tasteless

Definitions

  1. unsavoury; distasteful, tasteless

Ancestry of “niesmaczny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishsmacznytasty, delicious, tasting good
2Polishsmakthe sense of taste; a particular taste; a flavour
3Old Polishsmak—
4Middle Low Germansmaktaste; smell
5Old Saxonsmakk—
6Proto-West Germanic*smakku—
7Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—

Words derived from “niesmaczny”

  • Niesmaczny
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