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From Middle High German smecken ( “ to try by tasting; savour, smell, scent; perceive ” ) , Old High German smecchen ( “ to taste ” ) , Lua error in Module:links at line 223 : The specified language Proto-Germanic is unattested, while the given term does not begin with '*' to indicate that it is reconstructed. . Cognate with Old English smæc ( “ taste ” ) , Dutch smaak , English smack , Lithuanian smagùs ( “ agreeable ” ) .[ 1]
From Proto-Germanic *smakkijaną ( “ to taste ” ) , from *Proto-Germanic *smakkuz ( “ a taste ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *smegʰ- , *smeg- ( “ to taste ” ) . Compare English smack and smatch , as well as Lithuanian smagù ( “ cheerful, enjoyable, pleasant ” ) .
From Middle High German smīzen ( “ to rub, strike ” ) . Cognate with Old English smītan , Dutch smijten ( “ to sling, throw ” ) , English to smite , Gothic [script needed] ( smeitan , “ to spread over, besmear ” ) .[ 1]
From Middle High German smīzen , from Old High German smīzan , from Proto-Germanic *smītaną , from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- . Cognate with Dutch smijten , Low German smieten , English smite , Danish smide , Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 ( bismeitan ) .
From Middle High German smëlzen , Old High German smëlzan . Cognate with English to smelt , French émail ( “ enamel ” ) , Ancient Greek μέλδω ( méldō , “ to melt ” ) , Italian smalto .[ 1]
From Old High German smelzan , from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną ; akin to Old Saxon smeltan . Cognate with English smelt , Danish smelte , Dutch smelten , German Low German smölten . Through the meaning of soften : compare Old Church Slavonic младъ ( mladŭ ) (whence младость ( mladostĭ , “ softness ” ) ), Latin mollis ( “ soft ” ) .
From Middle High German smërz , Old High German smërzo . Cognate with Middle English smerte , Old English smeortan ( “ to pain, smart ” ) , English smart , Ancient Greek σμερδνός ( smerdnós , “ horrible'; the Aryan root smerd , Teut. smert , signifies perhaps ‘to stick, bite ” ) , Latin mordēre ( “ to bite ” ) .[ 1]
From Middle High German smerze f , m , from Old High German smerza f , smerzo m , from Proto-Germanic . Cognate with Dutch smart , English smart .