Where does “avsmakningsmeny” come from?
avsmakningsmeny (Swedish) comes from Swedish avsmakning, from Swedish avsmaka, from Norwegian Nynorsk smaka, from Middle Low German smak, from Old Saxon smakk, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.
avsmakningsmeny (Swedish): tasting menu
Definitions
- tasting menu
Ancestry of “avsmakningsmeny”, step by step
avsmakningsmeny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish avsmakning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | avsmakning | tasting and adjusting (for salt, pepper, etc.) |
| 2 | Swedish | avsmaka | to taste sample flavour |
| 3 | Norwegian Nynorsk | smaka | to taste |
| 4 | Middle Low German | smak | taste; smell |
| 5 | Old Saxon | smakk | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *smakku | taste |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | smakkuz | taste, savour, smatch, flavour |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |