Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/meltǭ

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, grind, crush, weaken”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmel.tɔ̃ː/

Noun

*meltǭ f

(anatomy) spleen

Inflection

Declension of *meltǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*meltǭ	*meltōniz
vocative	*meltǭ	*meltōniz
accusative	*meltōnų	*meltōnunz
genitive	*meltōniz	*meltōnǫ̂
dative	*meltōni	*meltōmaz
instrumental	*meltōnē	*meltōmiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *meltā, *miltijā
- Old English: milte
  - Middle English: milte, milt, multe, mylt, mylte
    - English: milt
    - Scots: melt, meilt
- Old Frisian: milte
  - Saterland Frisian: Milte
  - West Frisian: milt, melt
- Old Saxon: *milta
  - Middle Low German: milte
    - German Low German: Milt
- Old Dutch: *milta
  - Middle Dutch: milte
    - Dutch: milt
      - Afrikaans: milt
- Old High German: milza
Old Norse: mjalti
- Norwegian: mjelte
- Elfdalian: mjälta
- Old Swedish: miælte, mælte
  - Swedish: mjälte