Where does “smalz” come from?

smalz (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smultą.

smalz (Old High German): lard, fat

Definitions

  1. lard, fat

Ancestry of “smalz”, step by step

smalz traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic smalt

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

via Germanic smalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanicsmalt—

via Proto-Germanic *smalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*smalt—

Words derived from “smalz”

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