Where does “meltan” come from?

meltan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic meltaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mel- — false, erroneous; bad, evil.

meltan (Old English): to consume by fire, melt, burn up; dissolve,...

Definitions

  1. to consume by fire, melt, burn up; dissolve,...

Ancestry of “meltan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmeltanąto dissolve; melt
2Proto-Indo-European(s)mel-false, erroneous; bad, evil

Words derived from “meltan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic meltaną →