English
Smoot
Smoot may come from Dutch smout ‘melted and solidified animal fat’.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentsmout‘melted and solidified animal fat’uncertain
- EnglishtodaySmoot
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Dutchc. 1500–presentsmout‘melted and solidified animal fat’uncertain
- EnglishtodaySmoot
The story
Likely from the Dutch smout, someone who sold or worked with animal fat.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- ‘to melt, smelt’
email, melt, molten, mojo, milt, moll, mojito, molt, 18 more
through Proto-Germanic *smeltaną ‘melt’
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch smout / Smoot