smalz

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)

1. 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
  • → Old Polish: smalec
    • Polish: smalec, szmalec
      • → Belarusian: шма́лец (šmáljec)
    • → Old Ruthenian: сма́лецъ (smálec)
      • Belarusian: сма́лец (smáljec), сма́ляц (smáljac), сма́лець (smáljecʹ)
      • Ukrainian: сма́лець (smálecʹ)
      • → Russian: сма́лец (smálec)

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “smalta- ~ smulta-”, in 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