Where does “melde” come from?

melde (Danish) comes from Middle Low German melden, from Old Saxon meldōn, from Proto-West Germanic melþōn, from Proto-Germanic *melþōną.

melde (Danish): announce, declare; inform, notify, report

Definitions

  1. announce, declare; inform, notify, report

Ancestry of “melde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmeldento betray
2Old Saxonmeldōn—
3Proto-West Germanicmelþōnto specify; point out; show; to inform; divulge;...
4Proto-Germanic*melþōną—

Words derived from “melde”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *melþōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic melþōn →Every word from Old Saxon meldōn →