Where does “melda” come from?

melda (Old English) comes from Old English meldian, from Proto-West Germanic melþōn, from Proto-Germanic *melþōną.

melda (Old English): informer

Definitions

  1. informer

Ancestry of “melda”, step by step

melda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English meldian

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

via Old English A

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishA—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *melþōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic melþōn →Every word from Old English meldian →