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

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)