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Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *smalt (“(molten) fat, lard”), and ablaut derivative of *smeltaną.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
smalz n (plural smalz)
- lard, fat
Inflection
Declension of smalz (neuter a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle High German: smalz
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
- Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “smalz”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, 6th edition