meltan

See also: méltán

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *meltan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną, both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, crush, grind”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmel.tɑn/, [ˈmeɫ.tɑn]

Verb

meltan (intransitive)

to melt
to digest
to be consumed (destroyed completely)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

formeltan
melting
mieltan (transitive)

Related terms

mealt

Descendants

Middle English: melten, malte, melt, melte, meltyn; mealten, melltenn
- English: melt
- Scots: melt
⇒ Old English: ġemolten, molten
- Middle English: molten, multen
  - English: molten
  - Scots: mouten

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