Where does “milt” come from?

milt (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic meltǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.

milt (Old English): milt, spleen

Definitions

  1. milt, spleen

Ancestry of “milt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmeltǭspleen
2Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- →Every word from Proto-Germanic meltǭ →
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