Proto-Germanic
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Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, crush, grind”). Related to Sanskrit मर्दति (mardati, “to crush, grind”).[1]
Pronunciation
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*meltaną[1][2]
- (intransitive) to dissolve, to melt
Inflection
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Conjugation of
*meltaną (strong class 3)
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Descendants
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References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*meltan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*meltanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 267