Where does “smout” come from?

smout (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch smalt, from Proto-West Germanic smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smultą.

smout (Middle Dutch): melted animal fat; any type of oil or semi-liquid...

Definitions

  1. melted animal fat; any type of oil or semi-liquid...

Ancestry of “smout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsmalt—
2Proto-West Germanicsmaltfat, lard; oil, semi-liquid fat
3Proto-Germanic*smultą—

Words derived from “smout”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *smultą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic smalt →Every word from Old Dutch smalt →