smekkur
Icelandic
/ˈsmɛhkʏr/
noun
Definitions
- personal taste
- sense of taste
- bib item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse -smekkr borrowed from Old English smæcc inherited from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (taste, a taste, smack, flavor) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *smeg- borrowed from Danish smække.
Origin
Danish
smække
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- foresmack English
- smack English
- smackable English
- smackdown English
- smackee English
- smacker English
- smackhead English
- smackless English
- smacky English
- *smeg- Proto-Indo-European
- *smegʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *smakkaz Proto-Germanic
- *smakkijaną Proto-Germanic
- *smakkuz Proto-Germanic
- smæc Old English
- smæcc Old English
- smac Middle English
- -smekkr Old Norse
- smag Danish
- smække Danish
- smekklegur Icelandic
- gismac Old High German
- 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 Gothic
- smak Old Dutch
- *maku Proto-Finnic
- smak Middle Low German
- *smakk Old Saxon
- smak Low German