Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smakkuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic edit

Alternative forms edit

*smakkaz

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *smeg- (“taste”). Cognate with Lithuanian smagùs (“fun, jolly, pleasant”), Lithuanian smaguris (“a foodie, gourmand”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsmɑk.kuz/

Noun edit

*smakkuz m

taste, savour, smatch, flavour

Inflection edit

u-stemDeclension of *smakkuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*smakkuz	*smakkiwiz
vocative	*smakku	*smakkiwiz
accusative	*smakkų	*smakkunz
genitive	*smakkauz	*smakkiwǫ̂
dative	*smakkiwi	*smakkumaz
instrumental	*smakkū	*smakkumiz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *smakku, *smak, *smakk
- Old English: smæċ, smæcc, smæċċ
  - Middle English: smak, smac, smach, smech, ssmak; smacche, smake, smatche; smacc
    - English: smack
    - Scots: smack
      - ⇒? Scots: smick
- Old Frisian: *smak, smekk, smek
  - Saterland Frisian: smace, Smoak
  - West Frisian: smaek, smaak
- Old Saxon: *smakk, *smak
  - Middle Low German: smak
    - German Low German: Smakk
    - → Danish: smag
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: smak
    - → Polish: smak
      - → Belarusian: смак (smak)
      - → Russian: смак (smak)
      - → Ukrainian: смак (smak)
    - → Swedish: smak
    - →? Faroese: smakkur
- Old Dutch: smak
  - Middle Dutch: smac
- Old High German: smak, smac
  - Middle High German: smac, smach
    - German: Schmack
    - Yiddish: שמעק (shmek)
  - ⇒ Old High German: gismac, gismah
    - Middle High German: gesmac, gesmacke
      - Bavarian: Gschmåckn, Gschmåch, Gschmåcha, Gschmo
      - Cimbrian: gasmékh
      - German: Geschmack, Geschmeck
      - Luxembourgish: Geschmaach
>? Old Norse: smekkr (possibly a borrowing)
- Icelandic: smekkur
⇒? Gothic: 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 (smakka)
→ Proto-Slavic: *smakъ (mainly West Slavic, later borrowed into East Slavic)