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

Alternative forms

• *smakkaz

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmɑk.kuz/

Noun

*smakkuz m

1. taste, savour, smatch, flavour

Inflection

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

• Proto-West Germanic: *smakku, *smak, *smakk
  • Old English: smæċ
    • Middle English: smak, smac, smach, smech, ssmak; smacche, smake, smatche; smacc
      • English: smack
      • Scots: smack
        • ⇒? Scots: smick
  • Old Frisian: *smak, smekk, smek
    • Saterland Frisian: Smoak
    • West Frisian: smaak
  • Old Saxon: *smakk, *smak
    • Middle Low German: smak
      • German Low German: Smakk, Smack
      • → 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
      • Dutch: smaak (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *smakō)
  • 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)