smaltum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *smalt (“fat, lard”) and/or Frankish *smalti (“enamel, metallic alloy”), from Proto-Germanic *smaltiją.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsmal.tum/, [ˈs̠mäɫ̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsmal.tum/, [ˈzmäl̪t̪um]

Noun

smaltum n (genitive smaltī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) enamel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	smaltum	smalta
Genitive	smaltī	smaltōrum
Dative	smaltō	smaltīs
Accusative	smaltum	smalta
Ablative	smaltō	smaltīs
Vocative	smaltum	smalta

Derived terms

• smaltatus

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal:
  • Savoyard: émâlyo m (Albanais), émâlya f (Saxel)
• Old French: esmal, esmail; asmail; amail; esmaille, amaille
  • Middle French: esmail
    • French: émail (see there for further descendants)
  • Picard: émaîy, émay (Athois)
  • Walloon: èmay (Forrières, Liégeois)
  • → Middle English: esmale, awmayl, amall
• Italian: smalto
  • Czech: smalt
• Old Occitan: esmalt, esmaut, armaut
  • Occitan: esmaut, esmalt, esmart
• Sardinian: ismaltu