smeg(h)-

    smeg(h)-

    English meaning: to taste

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schmecken”

    Note: only Gmc. and Balt

    Material: M.H.G. smach “taste, smell, odor”, M.L.G. smak(e) “das Schmecken, taste, smell, odor”, smaken, O.Fris. smakia, M.Eng. smakin “ taste “; with -kk- O.H.G. smac (-ckes) “taste”, smecken trans. and intrans. “ taste “, O.E. smæcc m. “taste, smell, odor”, Ice. smekkr ds.; with -g- (IE variant *smegh-): O.H.G. gismagmo “taste”, gismag, gismah ‘schmackhaft”; Lith. smaguriaĩ “ tidbit “, smaguriaúti “naschen”, smagùris “ forefinger “ (actually “Naschfinger, Näscher”); perhaps is smeg(h)- as s-form with Lith. mėǵ ti “wohlgefallen” etc. identical,

    References: WP. II 689.

    See also: s. mē̆ gh- “wohlgesinnt” above S. 707.