Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smultą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

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

Noun

*smultą n

(molten) fat, lard

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *smultą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*smultą	*smultō
vocative	*smultą	*smultō
accusative	*smultą	*smultō
genitive	smultas, smultis	*smultǫ̂
dative	*smultai	*smultamaz
instrumental	*smultō	*smultamiz

Descendants

Old English: smolt
Old Norse: smolt
- Icelandic: smolt
- Norwegian: smolt
⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *smalt
- Old Dutch: *smalt
  - Middle Dutch: smout
    - Dutch: smout
- Old High German: smalz
  - Middle High German: smalz
    - Cimbrian: smaltz
    - German: Schmalz
    - Hunsrik: Schmals
    - Luxembourgish: Schmalz
    - Yiddish: שמאַלץ (shmalts)
      - → Dutch: schmalz, sjmalts
      - → English: schmaltz
    - → Ladin: smauz
    - → Old Polish: smalec
      - Polish: smalec, szmalec
        → Belarusian: шма́лец (šmáljec)
      - → Old Ruthenian: сма́лецъ (smálecʹ)
        Belarusian: сма́лец (smáljec), сма́ляц (smáljac), сма́лець (smáljecʹ)
        Ukrainian: сма́лець (smálecʹ)
        → Russian: сма́лец (smálec)
- → Medieval Latin: smaltum (see there for further descendants)

References

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

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

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