smaltum

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *smalt and/or *smaltī (enamel, metallic alloy). Documented from the year 913.[1]

Noun

smaltum n (genitive smaltī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. enamel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative smaltum smalta
genitive smaltī smaltōrum
dative smaltō smaltīs
accusative smaltum smalta
ablative smaltō smaltīs
vocative smaltum smalta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Franco-Provençal: (Albanais) émâlyo m, (Saxel) émâlya f
  • Old French: esmal (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: esmalt (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “smaltum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 974