Where does “eftersmak” come from?
eftersmak (Swedish) comes from Swedish smak, from Middle Low German smak, from Old Saxon smakk, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.
eftersmak (Swedish): aftertaste
Definitions
- aftertaste
Ancestry of “eftersmak”, step by step
eftersmak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish smak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | smak | taste |
| 2 | Middle Low German | smak | taste; smell |
| 3 | Old Saxon | smakk | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *smakku | taste |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | smakkuz | taste, savour, smatch, flavour |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |
via Swedish efter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | efter | after; subsequent; later in time than "or" later... |
| 2 | Old Norse | eptir | after; afterwards; along |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ | after |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | after | after, behind |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epoteros | further behind, further away |