Where does “žmaha” come from?
žmaha (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Geschmack, from Old High German gismac, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.
žmaha (Serbo-Croatian): taste, flavor
Ancestry of “žmaha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Geschmack | taste; flavour; smell, odor |
| 2 | Old High German | gismac | taste |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *smakku | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | smakkuz | taste, savour, smatch, flavour |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |