Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smaltą

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This Proto-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-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Adjectival ablaut formation from *smeltaną (“melt”).^[1]

Noun edit

*smaltą n

Alternative form of *smultą

Inflection edit

neuter a-stemDeclension of *smaltą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*smaltą	*smaltō
vocative	*smaltą	*smaltō
accusative	*smaltą	*smaltō
genitive	smaltas, smaltis	*smaltǫ̂
dative	*smaltai	*smaltamaz
instrumental	*smaltō	*smaltamiz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *smalt (see there for further descendants)

References edit

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

[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

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