Schmand

Etymology
. There are two theories as to the origin of the word:
 * Duden and some other authorities think it derives from and is thus cognate to 🇨🇬.
 * Jacob Grimm and Václav Machek think it derives from (whence also  and 🇨🇬). See  for more.

Noun

 * 1)  thick, fermented (soured) cream; smetana, sour cream (with a high fat content)
 * 2) * 1677, Johanne Hiskia Cardilucio, Neuaufgerichtete Stadt- und Land-Apotheke / Diæt-Büchlein oder Speise-Tranck- und Lebens-Ordnung, chapter XIV, Eigenſchafft deß Milchraams, page 926:
 * "de"

- Welchergestalt ſich die beſte Subſtanß aus der Milch oben auf begibt in einen feiſten Raam oder Schmant / welcher ferner durch ſtarcke Bewegung oder Kernen ſich ſcheidet in Butter und Buttermilch /


 * 1)  Milk skin, lactoderm (a sticky film of coagulated proteins, namely casein, that forms on the surface of heated milk just before reaching the boiling point)
 * 2)  mud, sludge, slush

Usage notes

 * The traditional, although less common spelling is.