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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smeltan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *smeltaną.
Verb
*smeltan
- to melt, to become liquid
Inflection
| Strong class 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *smeltan | |
| 1st sg. past | *smalt | |
| 3rd pl. past | *smultun | |
| Past ptcple | *smoltan | |
| Infinitive | *smeltan | |
| Genitive infin. | *smeltannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *smeltannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *smeltannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *smeltu | *smalt |
| 2nd singular | *smiltiʀi | *smultī |
| 3rd singular | *smiltidi | *smalt |
| 1st plural | *smeltum | *smultum |
| 2nd plural | *smiltid | *smultud |
| 3rd plural | *smeltand | *smultun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *smeltē | *smultī |
| 2nd singular | *smeltēs | *smultī |
| 3rd singular | *smeltē | *smultī |
| 1st plural | *smeltēm | *smultīm |
| 2nd plural | *smeltēþ | *smultīd |
| 3rd plural | *smeltēn | *smultīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *smelt | |
| Plural | *smiltid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *smeltandī | *smoltan |
Descendants
- ⇒ 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
- Limburgish: smöltje
- Dutch: smelten
- Middle Dutch: smelten
- Old High German: smelzan
- Middle High German: smelzen
- German: schmelzen
- Luxembourgish: schmëlzen
- Middle High German: smelzen