smatch

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*smeh₂g-“to taste”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*smakkijan“to taste”
3. Old English · inherited fromsmæċċan“to taste”
4. Middle English · inherited fromsmacchen, smecchen“to taste”
5. English todaysmatch

From Middle English smacchen, smecchen (“to taste”), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan (“to taste”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smeh₂g- (“to taste”). Cognate with West Frisian smeitse, smeitsje (“to taste”), Dutch smaken (“to taste”), German schmecken (“to taste”), Danish smage (“to taste”), Norwegian smake (“to taste”), Norwegian smak (“a taste”), Lithuanian smagù (“cheerful, enjoyable, pleasant”).