Where does “mealthus” come from?

mealthus (Old English) comes from Old English mealt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Proto-Germanic maltą, from Proto-Indo-European meld-, from Proto-Indo-European mel-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

mealthus (Old English): malthouse

Definitions

  1. malthouse

Ancestry of “mealthus”, step by step

mealthus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English mealt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmealtmalt
2Proto-West Germanic*maltmalt
3Proto-Germanicmaltąmalt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeld-to beat, crush, grind
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Old English hūs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhūsdwelling, shelter, house; house
2Proto-West Germanichūshouse
3Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “mealthus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European meld- →