Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/melþōn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*meldōn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *melþōną, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, speak”).

Verb

*melþōn

to specify; point out; show
to inform; divulge; declare; announce
to bewray; accuse

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*melþōn
1st sg. past	*melþōdā
Infinitive	*melþōn
Genitive infin.	*melþōnijas
Dative infin.	*melþōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*melþōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*melþō	*melþōdā
2nd singular	*melþōs	melþōdēs, melþōdōs
3rd singular	*melþōþ	melþōdē, melþōdā
1st plural	*melþōm	*melþōdum
2nd plural	*melþōþ	*melþōdud
3rd plural	*melþōnþ	*melþōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*melþō	*melþōdī
2nd singular	*melþōs	*melþōdī
3rd singular	*melþō	*melþōdī
1st plural	*melþōm	*melþōdīm
2nd plural	*melþōþ	*melþōdīd
3rd plural	*melþōn	*melþōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*melþō
Plural	*melþōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*melþōndī	*melþōd

Related terms

*milþijan

Descendants

Old English: meldian
- Middle English: melden
  - English: meld
  - Scots: meld, mell
Old Frisian: *meldia
- Saterland Frisian: mäldje
- West Frisian: melde
- ⇒ Old Frisian: urmeldia
Old Saxon: meldōn
- Middle Low German: melden
  - German Low German: melden, mellen
  - → Danish: melde
  - → Swedish: mälda
  - → Norwegian: melde
Old Dutch: *meldon
- Middle Dutch: melden
  - Dutch: melden
Old High German: meldōn
- Middle High German: mëlden
  - German: melden
  - Luxembourgish: mellen