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

From Proto-Germanic *smaltą (“fat, lard (melted)”).

Noun

*smalt n

1. fat, lard (melted)
2. 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)