Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
A distinct flavor, especially if slight. · A slight trace of something; a smattering. · Synonym of heroin. · A form of fried potato; a scallop.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo get the flavor of. · To have a particular taste; used with of. · To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
The noun is from Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæċċ (“taste, smatch”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“a taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *smegʰ-, *smeg- (“to taste”). The verb is from Middle English smaken. Doublet of smatch (obsolete, “taste”; q.v.), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste, smack”). Cognate with Scots smak (“scent, smell, taste, flavour”), Saterland Frisian Smoak (“taste”), West Frisian smaak (“taste”), Dutch smaak (“taste”), German Schmack, Geschmack (“taste”), Danish smag (“taste”), Swedish and Norwegian smak (“taste”), Norwegian smekke.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionsmac,smak,smackeenm
- Inherited-form mentionsmæc,smæċċang
- Inherited-form mention*smakkugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*smakkuzgem-pro · a taste
- Derivation mention*smegʰ-,*smeg-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsmakenenm
- Non-cognate comparisonsmæċċanang
- Cognate mentionsmaksco
- Cognate mentionSmoakstq
- Cognate mentionsmaakfy
- Cognate mentionsmaaknl
- Cognate mentionSchmackde
- Cognate mentionsmagda
- Cognate mentionsmakno
- Cognate mentionsmekkeno
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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