Where does “smelten” come from?
smelten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch smeltan, from Proto-Germanic smeltaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.
smelten (Middle Dutch): to melt; to dissolve; to defecate
Definitions
- to melt; to dissolve; to defecate
Ancestry of “smelten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | smeltan | to melt |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | smeltaną | to melt |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |
Words derived from “smelten”