Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *swakku, *swakkī, from Proto-Germanic *swakkuz, *swikkiz, *swakiz (smell, odour), from Proto-Indo-European *sweg-, *swekn- (to smell). Seems to have adopted a-stem inflections by EWS.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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swæcc m

  1. taste
  2. smell

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