Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/meldā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meldǭ.

Noun

*meldā f

1. a plant of the genus Chenopodium, goosefoot
2. a plant of the genus Atriplex, orache, saltbush

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*meldā
Genitive	*meldōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*meldā	*meldōn
Accusative	*meldōn	*meldōn
Genitive	*meldōn	*meldōnō
Dative	*meldōn	*meldōm, *meldum
Instrumental	*meldōn	*meldōm, *meldum

Descendants

• Old English: melde
  • Middle English: mielde
    • Scots: milds, miles, myles
    • English: milds, miles, myles (dialectal Northern English)
• Old Dutch: *melda
  • Middle Dutch: melde
    • Dutch: melde, milde
• Old Saxon: maldia
  • Middle Low German: melde
• Old High German: melta, melda, malta, multa
  • Middle High German: melte, melde
    • German: Melde, Melte, Melle, Malde, Malte, Milte, Milde, Molde, Mölde
  • → Medieval Latin: melta