Emaille
German (Berlin)
/eˈmaljə/
noun
Definitions
- enamel; vitreous enamel; porcelain enamel
Etymology
Borrowed from French émail (glaze, vitreous enamel, enamel) derived from Old French esmal (enamel) derived from Frankish *smalt (melted fat) derived from *smalt (lard, fat).
Origin
*smalt
Gloss
lard, fat
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
脂
Emoji
🐹
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- smaltum Latin
- Emaillefarbe German
- Farbe German
- email Hungarian
- zománc Hungarian
- smalto Italian
- émail French
- émailler French
- эмаль Russian
- *(s)meld- Proto-Indo-European
- *smaltijaną Proto-Germanic
- *smeltaną Proto-Germanic
- emalje Danish
- esmailler Old French
- esmal Old French
- smalz Old High German
- esmail Middle French
- *smalt gmw-pro
- *smalt Old Dutch
- *smalt Frankish
- smaltum ML