Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/malt

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 Proto-Germanic *maltą.

Noun

*malt n

malt

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*malt
Genitive	*maltas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*malt	*maltu
Accusative	*malt	*maltu
Genitive	*maltas	*maltō
Dative	*maltē	*maltum
Instrumental	*maltu	*maltum

Derived terms

*maltijan

Descendants

Old English: mealt, malt
- Middle English: malt, malte, maltt, mault, maulte
  - English: malt
  - Scots: maut
  - Yola: mault
Old Frisian: malt
- Saterland Frisian: Moalt
Old Saxon: malt
- Middle Low German: malt, molt
  - German Low German: Molt
Old Dutch: malt
- Middle Dutch: malt, mout
  - Dutch: mout
    - → West Frisian: mout
Old High German: malz
- Middle High German: malz
  - German: Malz
  - Luxembourgish: Malz
→ Proto-Slavic: *molto (see there for further descendants)