smaltum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *smalt (fat, lard) and/or Frankish *smalti (enamel, metallic alloy), from Proto-Germanic *smaltiją.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsmal.tum/, [ˈsmaɫ.tũː]

Noun

smaltum n (genitive smaltī); second declension[1][2]

  1. (Medieval Latin) enamel

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative smaltum smalta
Genitive smaltī smaltōrum
Dative smaltō smaltīs
Accusative smaltum smalta
Ablative smaltō smaltīs
Vocative smaltum smalta

Derived terms

  • smaltatus

Descendants

  • Franco-Provençal:
    • Savoyard: émâlyo m (Albanais), émâlya f (Saxel)
  • Old French: esmal, esmail, asmail, amail, esmaille, amaille
    • Middle French: esmail
      • French: émail (see there for further descendants)
    • Picard: émaîy, émay (Athois)
    • Walloon: èmay (Forrières, Liégeois)
    • Middle English: esmale, awmayl, amall
    • Old French: amailler
      • Old French: enamailler
        • Middle English: enamaylen, enamelen, innamylen
  • Italian: smalto
  • Old Occitan: esmalt, esmaut, armaut
  • Sardinian: ismaltu

References

  1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “smaltum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 974
  2. smaltum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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