smatch
English
noun
Definitions
- smack, taste
- tincture
- trace, small quantity, smidge, smattering or smidgen
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English smacchen inherited from Old English smæċċan (taste) inherited from Proto-Germanic *smakkōną derived from Proto-Indo-European *smeh₂g- (taste).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*smeh₂g-
Gloss
taste
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
😝
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abschmecken German
- schmecken German
- smakkol Hungarian
- nasmaken Dutch, Flemish
- smaak Dutch, Flemish
- smakeloos Dutch, Flemish
- smaken Dutch, Flemish
- *smeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European
- *smakkijaną Proto-Germanic
- *smakkōną Proto-Germanic
- smæccan Old English
- smæċċan Old English
- smacchen Middle English
- smage Danish
- velsmagende Danish
- smaken Middle Dutch
- smaghæ Old Danish