Where does “smak” come from?

smak (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German smak, from Old Saxon smakk, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

smak (Swedish): taste

Definitions

  1. taste

Ancestry of “smak”, step by step

smak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German smak

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

via Middle Low German smake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansmake—
2Old Saxonsmak—

Words derived from “smak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *smakku →