Proto-Germanic

*meltaną

‘to dissolve, to melt’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *meltaną.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *meltaną, most familiar first.

• melt ← melten ← meltan ← *meltan
• molten ← *multanaz
• molt ← molte ← meltan ← *meltan
• maltster ← maltestere ← malt ← mealt ← *malt
• formelt ← formelten ← formeltan ← meltan ← *meltan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *meltaną