Where does “melting” come from?

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

melting (Icelandic): digestion

Definitions

  1. digestion

Ancestry of “melting”, step by step

melting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic melta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmeltato digest
2Old Norsemelta—
3Proto-Germanicmeltanąto dissolve; melt
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mel-false, erroneous; bad, evil

via Icelandic ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicing—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic meltaną →Every word from Old Norse melta →