Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smaltą

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

Adjectival ablaut formation from *smeltaną (“melt”).[1]

Noun

*smaltą n

Alternative form of *smultą

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *smaltą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*smaltą	*smaltō
vocative	*smaltą	*smaltō
accusative	*smaltą	*smaltō
genitive	smaltas, smaltis	*smaltǫ̂
dative	*smaltai	*smaltamaz
instrumental	*smaltō	*smaltamiz

Descendants

Frankish: *smalt
- Old Dutch: *smalt
  - Middle Dutch: smout
    - Dutch: smout
- → Medieval Latin: smaltum (see there for further descendants)
Old High German: smalz
- Middle High German: smalz
  - Cimbrian: smaltz
  - German: Schmalz
  - Hunsrik: Schmals
  - Luxembourgish: Schmalz
  - Yiddish: שמאַלץ‎ (shmalts)
    - → English: schmaltz
  - → Polish: smalec

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “smalta- ~ smulta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 456

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “smalta- ~ smulta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 456