Where does “finsmakare” come from?

finsmakare (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-.

finsmakare (Swedish): epicure, gourmet, connoisseur

Definitions

  1. epicure, gourmet, connoisseur

Ancestry of “finsmakare”, step by step

finsmakare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish smak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsmaktaste
2Middle Low Germansmaktaste; smell
3Old Saxonsmakk
4Proto-West Germanic*smakkutaste
5Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-

via Swedish fin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfinfine, elegant; good, excellent; thin
2Frenchfinend, close, finish; end, end goal, objective,...
3Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
4Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
5Latinfīnisend
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *smakku