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

  1. to melt; to dissolve; to defecate

Ancestry of “smelten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsmeltanto melt
2Proto-Germanicsmeltanąto melt
3Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt

Words derived from “smelten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smeltaną →Every word from Old Dutch smeltan →