Where does “melþōną” come from?

melþōną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European meldʰ- — to ask, pray, speak; lightning.

Ancestry of “melþōną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmeldʰ-to ask, pray, speak; lightning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meldʰ-