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)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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
- "smaltum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “smaltum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 974