English
Meltham
Meltham comes from Middle English Meltham.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Meltham
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Meltham
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of *melt ‘smelting’ + hām ‘-ham’
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- ‘to soften, melt’
Proto-Germanic *meltaną ‘to dissolve, to melt’
Proto-West Germanic *meltan ‘to dissolve, to melt’
Old English meltan ‘smelting’
Every English word from Middle English Meltham
Today it means
name A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1010).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English Meltham / Meltham