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

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
- Saterland Frisian: Smoak
- West Frisian: smaak
Old Saxon: *smako
- Middle Low German: smāke
  - German Low German: Smaak
Old Dutch: *smako
- Middle Dutch: smāke
  - Dutch: smaak
    - Afrikaans: smaak
    - → Limburgish: smaak
    - → Papiamentu: smak, smaak
Old High German: smakko, smacko
- Middle High German: smacke
  - German: Schmack

References

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