smalz

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smalt (“(molten) fat, lard”), and ablaut derivative of *smeltaną.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s̠mɑlt͡s/

Noun

smalz n (plural smalz)

lard, fat

Inflection

Declension of **smalz** (neuter a-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	smalz	smalz
accusative	smalz	smalz
genitive	smalzes	smalzo
dative	smalze	smalzum
instrumental	smalzu	—

Derived terms

smalzgold

Descendants

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)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “smalta- ~ smulta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456

Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “smalz”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, 6th edition