su̯ek-

    su̯ek-

    English meaning: to smell (well)

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “(gut) riechen”

    Note: only Brit. and WestGmc.

    Material: Welsh chweg ‘sweet, pleasant”, Corn. whek, Bret. c”houek; Welsh chwaeth (*su̯ekto-) “taste”; O.H.G. swehhan ‘smell, stink, spring up, bubble”; with gemination O.H.G. swekhe, sueckia pl. “odores”, O.S. swec ‘smell, odor, Duft”, O.E. swecc, swæcc “taste, smell, odor, Duft”, sweccan ‘smell”.

    References: WP. II 521.