Where does “maku” come from?

maku (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

maku (Proto-Finnic): taste, flavour

Definitions

  1. taste, flavour

Ancestry of “maku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-

Words derived from “maku

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuz