An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schmant

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Schmant

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2553289An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SchmantJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Schmant, masculine (Livonian, Low German, and Hessian), ‘cream,’ from the equivalent late Middle High German smant, borrowed in the 15th century from Slavonic; compare Bohemian smant. With Bohemian smetana (Russian smetana, ‘cream’) is connected the dialectic (Silesian, Bohemian, and Austrian) Schmetten, ‘cream,’ to which Schmetterling is probably related.