Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smultą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Adjectival ablaut formation from *smeltaną (“melt”).

Noun

*smultą n

1. (molten) fat, lard

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *smultą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*smultą	*smultō
vocative	*smultą	*smultō
accusative	*smultą	*smultō
genitive	*smultas, *smultis	*smultǫ̂
dative	*smultai	*smultamaz
instrumental	*smultō	*smultamiz

Descendants

• Old English: smolt
• Old Norse: smolt
  • Icelandic: smolt
  • Norwegian: smolt
• ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *smalt
  • 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)