Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smakēn

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 *smak (“taste”) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb

*smakēn

1. to taste

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*smakēn
1st sg. past	*smak?dā
Infinitive	*smakēn
Genitive infin.	*smakēnijas
Dative infin.	*smakēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*smakēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*smakē	*smak?dā
2nd singular	*smakēs	*smak?dēs, *smak?dēs
3rd singular	*smakēþ	*smak?dē, *smak?dā
1st plural	*smakēm	*smak?dum
2nd plural	*smakēþ	*smak?dud
3rd plural	*smakēnþ	*smak?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*smakē	*smak?dī
2nd singular	*smakēs	*smak?dī
3rd singular	*smakē	*smak?dī
1st plural	*smakēm	*smak?dīm
2nd plural	*smakēþ	*smak?dīd
3rd plural	*smakēn	*smak?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*smakē
Plural	*smakēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*smakēndī	*smak?d

Alternative reconstructions

• *smakōn

Related terms

• *smakkijan

Descendants

• Old Frisian: smakia
  • West Frisian: smeitsje
• Old Saxon: *smakōn
  • Middle Low German: smāken
    • → Middle English: smaken, smake, smakie, smakkyn, smakyn, smacky (Kent)
      • English: smack
      • Scots: smack
      • Yola: smack
    • → Norwegian:

      → Norwegian Bokmål: smake

      → Norwegian Nynorsk: smake, smaka

    • → Swedish: smaka
    • → Danish: smage
• Old Dutch: *smacon
  • Middle Dutch: smāken
    • Dutch: smaken
• Old High German: smahhēn
  • Middle High German: smachen