English schmaltz

← German Schmalz (borrowed)

← English smalt (doublet)

← Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (root)

← Yiddish שמאַלץ (borrowed)

→ English schm- (mention)

→ English schmaltzy (suffix)

→ English smalto (doublet)

→ English shtuck (mention)

→ English schmaltzfest (suffix)