Where does “smakować” come from?

smakować (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-.

smakować (Polish): to taste, to sample the flavor of something

Definitions

  1. to taste, to sample the flavor of something

Ancestry of “smakować”, step by step

smakować traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish smak

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

via Middle Low German smāken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansmāken—
2Proto-Germanicsmakōną—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₂g-to taste

Words derived from “smakować”

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