Where does “milte” come from?

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

milte (Old English): spleen

Definitions

  1. spleen

Ancestry of “milte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmeltǭspleen
2Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt

Words derived from “milte

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld-Every word from Proto-Germanic meltǭ