Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smaltī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *smeltan (“to melt; to smelt”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*smaltī n

1. something molten, melted
2. metallic alloy
3. enamel

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*smaltī
Genitive	*smaltijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*smaltī	*smaltiju
Accusative	*smaltī	*smaltiju
Genitive	*smaltijas	*smaltijō
Dative	*smaltijē	*smaltijum
Instrumental	*smaltiju	*smaltijum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *smelti
  • Middle Low German: smelte
• Old Dutch: *smelti
  • Middle Dutch: smelte
    • Dutch: smelt
• Old High German: smelzi
  • Middle High German: *smelze
    • German: Schmelze, Schmelz
  • ⇒ Old High German: gismelzi
    • Middle High German: gesmelze
• → Medieval Latin: smaltum (see there for further descendants)