Where does “געשמאַק” come from?

געשמאַק (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German gesmac, from Old High German gismac, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

געשמאַק (Yiddish): delicious

Definitions

  1. delicious

Ancestry of “געשמאַק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangesmactaste
2Old High Germangismactaste
3Proto-West Germanic*smakkutaste
4Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—

Words derived from “געשמאַק”

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