smaltum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *smalt and/or *smaltī (enamel, metallic alloy). Documented from the year 913.[1]

Noun

smaltum n (genitive smaltī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. 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: (Albanais) émâlyo m, (Saxel) émâlya f
  • Old French: esmal (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: esmalt (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “smaltum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 974
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