Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/meltaną
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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
Verb
- (intransitive) to dissolve, to melt
Inflection
| 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 | ||||