Where does “smelten” come from?

smelten (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon smeltan, from Proto-West Germanic smeltan, from Proto-Germanic smeltaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.

smelten (Middle Low German): to melt

Definitions

  1. to melt

Ancestry of “smelten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonsmeltanto melt
2Proto-West Germanicsmeltanto melt, to become liquid
3Proto-Germanicsmeltanąto melt
4Proto-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 Proto-West Germanic smeltan →
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