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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smeltaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to melt, smelt”). Compare Ancient Greek μέλδομαι (méldomai, “to melt”). [1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmel.tɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*smeltaną
- (intransitive) to melt
Inflection
Conjugation of *smeltaną (strong class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *smeltō | *smeltaų | — | *smeltai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *smiltizi | *smeltaiz | *smelt | *smeltazai | *smeltaizau |
| 3rd singular | *smiltidi | *smeltai | *smeltadau | *smeltadai | *smeltaidau |
| 1st dual | *smeltōz | *smeltaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *smeltadiz | *smeltaidiz | *smeltadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *smeltamaz | *smeltaim | — | *smeltandai | *smeltaindau |
| 2nd plural | *smiltid | *smeltaid | *smiltid | *smeltandai | *smeltaindau |
| 3rd plural | *smeltandi | *smeltain | *smeltandau | *smeltandai | *smeltaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *smalt | *smultį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *smalst | *smultīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *smalt | *smultī | |||
| 1st dual | *smultū | *smultīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *smultudiz | *smultīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *smultum | *smultīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *smultud | *smultīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *smultun | *smultīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *smeltandz | *smultanaz | |||
Derived terms
- *smaltą ~ *smultą (“(molten) fat, lard”)
- *smaltijaną
- *smeltaz
Related terms
- *meltaną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *smeltan
- Old English: *smeltan
- ⇒ Old English: smelting
- Old Frisian: *smelta
- Saterland Frisian: smilte
- West Frisian: smelte
- Old Saxon: smeltan
- Middle Low German: smelten
- Low German: smölten
- Middle Low German: smelten
- Old Dutch: *smeltan
- Middle Dutch: smelten
- Dutch: smelten
- Afrikaans: smelt
- Berbice Creole Dutch: smelti
- Negerhollands: smelt
- → English: smelt
- Limburgish: smöltje
- Dutch: smelten
- Middle Dutch: smelten
- Old High German: smelzan
- Middle High German: smelzen
- German: schmelzen
- Luxembourgish: schmëlzen
- Middle High German: smelzen
- Old English: *smeltan
- Old Norse: smelta; smolt; smeltr
- Icelandic: smelta
- Norwegian: smelta
- Norwegian Bokmål: smelte
- Norwegian Nynorsk: smelta
- Old Swedish: smælta
- Swedish: smälta
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN