Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smakō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *smakkijan, *smakēn (“to taste”) +‎ *-ō.

Noun

*smakō m

1. taste

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*smakō
Genitive	*smakini, *smakan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*smakō	*smakan
Accusative	*smakan	*smakan
Genitive	*smakini, *smakan	*smakanō
Dative	*smakini, *smakan	*smakum
Instrumental	*smakini, *smakan	*smakum

Alternative reconstructions

• *smakkō

Descendants

• Old English: *smaca, *smacca
  • Middle English: smake, smakke
    • English: smake
    • Scots: smake
• Old Frisian: smaka
  • West Frisian: smaak
  • Saterland Frisian: Smoak
• Old Saxon: *smako
  • Middle Low German: smāke
    • German Low German: Smaak
• Old Dutch: *smako
  • Middle Dutch: smāke
    • Dutch: smaak
      • → Limburgish: smaak
      • → Papiamentu: smak, smaak
• Old High German: smakko, smacko
  • Middle High German: smacke
    • German: Schmack

References

• Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*smak(k)ōn ~ *smak(k)az”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 352