Where does “אויסשמעקן” come from?

אויסשמעקן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שמעקן, from Middle High German smecken, from Middle English smecchen, from Old English smæċċan, from Proto-Germanic smakkijaną, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

אויסשמעקן (Yiddish): to smell out, sniff out

Definitions

  1. to smell out, sniff out

Ancestry of “אויסשמעקן”, step by step

אויסשמעקן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שמעקן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשמעקןsmell sense with nose
2Middle High Germansmecken—
3Middle Englishsmecchento taste, smack
4Old Englishsmæċċanto taste
5Proto-Germanicsmakkijanąto taste
6Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—

via Yiddish אויס

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאויסover, finished
2Old High Germanūzout
3Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
4Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
5Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkijaną →