Where does “melta” come from?

melta (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse melta, from Proto-Germanic meltaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mel- — false, erroneous; bad, evil.

melta (Icelandic): to digest

Definitions

  1. to digest

Ancestry of “melta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemelta—
2Proto-Germanicmeltanąto dissolve; melt
3Proto-Indo-European(s)mel-false, erroneous; bad, evil

Words derived from “melta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic meltaną →Every word from Old Norse melta →