Where does “melden” come from?

melden (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch meldon, from Proto-West Germanic melþōn, from Proto-Germanic *melþōną.

melden (Middle Dutch): to betray, to rat on, to report; to announce, to...

Definitions

  1. to betray, to rat on, to report; to announce, to...

Ancestry of “melden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmeldon—
2Proto-West Germanicmelþōnto specify; point out; show; to inform; divulge;...
3Proto-Germanic*melþōną—

Words derived from “melden”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *melþōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic melþōn →Every word from Old Dutch meldon →