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Where does “smaczny” come from?

smaczny (Polish) comes 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-.

smaczny (Polish): tasty, delicious, tasting good

Definitions

  1. tasty, delicious, tasting good

Ancestry of “smaczny”, step by step

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

Words derived from “smaczny”

  • niesmaczny
  • Niesmaczny
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