Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/melþōn

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.

• *meldōn

From Proto-Germanic *melþōną, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, speak”). Cognate with Lithuanian maldýti (“to implore”), Proto-Slavic *modlìti (“to ask, pray”), Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (māldi, “to recite, make a vow”), Old Armenian մաղթ (małtʻ, “prayer, supplication”).

*melþōn

1. to specify; point out; show
2. to inform; divulge; declare; announce
3. to bewray; accuse

• *milþijan

• Old English: meldian
  • Middle English: melden
    • English: meld
    • Scots: meld, mell
• Old Frisian: *meldia
  • Saterland Frisian: mäldje
  • West Frisian: meldzje
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: urmeldia
• Old Saxon: meldōn
  • Middle Low German: melden
    • German Low German: melden, mellen
    • → Danish: melde
      • Norwegian Bokmål: melde
    • → Faroese: melda
    • → Icelandic: melda
    • → Swedish: mälda
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: melda
• Old Dutch: *meldon (attested as maltho)
  • Middle Dutch: melden
    • Dutch: melden
      • Afrikaans: meld, melde
      • → West Frisian: melde
• Old High German: meldōn
  • Middle High German: mëlden
    • German: melden
    • Luxembourgish: mellen