Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smalt

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Alteration of Proto-Germanic *smultą.^[1]

Noun

*smalt n

fat, lard (melted)
oil, semi-liquid fat

Declension

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*smalt
Genitive	*smaltas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*smalt	*smaltu
Accusative	*smalt	*smaltu
Genitive	*smaltas	*smaltō
Dative	*smaltē	*smaltum
Instrumental	*smaltu	*smaltum

Descendants

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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