Reconstruction:Old Dutch/smelten

This Old Dutch entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smaltijaną, causative of *smeltaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld-.

Verb

*smelten

1. (transitive) to melt

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• *smeltan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: smelten
  • Dutch: smelten
    • Afrikaans: smelt
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: smelti
    • Negerhollands: smelt
  • → English: smelt
  • Limburgish: smöltje