Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/meltaną

This Proto-Germanic 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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, crush, grind”). Related to Sanskrit मर्दति (mardati, “to crush, grind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmel.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*meltaną

1. (intransitive) to dissolve, to melt

Inflection

Conjugation of *meltaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*meltō	*meltaų	—	*meltai	?
2nd singular	*miltizi	*meltaiz	*melt	*meltazai	*meltaizau
3rd singular	*miltidi	*meltai	*meltadau	*meltadai	*meltaidau
1st dual	*meltōz	*meltaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*meltadiz	*meltaidiz	*meltadiz	—	—
1st plural	*meltamaz	*meltaim	—	*meltandai	*meltaindau
2nd plural	*miltid	*meltaid	*miltid	*meltandai	*meltaindau
3rd plural	*meltandi	*meltain	*meltandau	*meltandai	*meltaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*malt	*multį̄
2nd singular	*malst	*multīz
3rd singular	*malt	*multī
1st dual	*multū	*multīw
2nd dual	*multudiz	*multīdiz
1st plural	*multum	*multīm
2nd plural	*multud	*multīd
3rd plural	*multun	*multīn
	present	past
participles	*meltandz	*multanaz

Derived terms

• *maltaz
• *maltijaną
• *multiz

Related terms

• *multą
• *multōną
• *smeltaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *meltan
  • Old English: meltan
    • Middle English: melten
      • Scots: melt
      • English: melt
• Old Norse: melta
  • Icelandic: melta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: melta
  • ⇒ Old Norse: moltinn
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: molten; ⇒ molte f (“cloudberry”)
      • → Danish: multebær
    • Swedish: multen