Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maltą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from *maltaz (“soft, gone bad”), or directly from *meltaną; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meld- (“to beat, crush, grind”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑl.tɑ̃/

Noun

*maltą n

malt

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *maltą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*maltą	*maltō
vocative	*maltą	*maltō
accusative	*maltą	*maltō
genitive	maltas, maltis	*maltǫ̂
dative	*maltai	*maltamaz
instrumental	*maltō	*maltamiz

Related terms

*maltaz
*maltijaną
*meltaną
*multōną

Descendants

Old English: malt, mealt
- Middle English: malt
  - Scots: malt, mault
  - English: malt
  - Yola: malt
Old Frisian: malt
- Saterland Frisian: Moalt
Old Saxon: malt
- Middle Low German: malt, molt
  - German Low German: Molt
Old Dutch: malt
- Middle Dutch: malt, mout
  - Dutch: mout
  - West Frisian: mout
Old High German: malz
- Middle High German: malz
  - German: Malz
  - Luxembourgish: Malz
Old Norse: malt
- Icelandic: malt
- Faroese: malt
- Norwegian: malt
- Old Swedish: malt
  - Swedish: malt
- Old Danish: malt
  - Danish: malt
- Gutnish: malt
→ Finnish: mallas (< *maltaz)
→ Proto-Slavic: *malta
- Ukrainian молот (molot)
- Czech mláto
- Bulgarian: малц (malc)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill