Where does “mersmak” come from?

mersmak (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-.

mersmak (Swedish): a taste for more of the same thing

Definitions

  1. a taste for more of the same thing

Ancestry of “mersmak”, step by step

mersmak 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 mer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishmerComparative form of "mycket", used in...
2Old Swedishmēr—
3Old Norsemeir—
4Proto-Germanicmaizmore, to a greater degree
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂-mother; mama, mother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *smakku →