smelten

Middle Dutch

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to melt
  • (intransitive) to dissolve in a liquid
  • (intransitive) to defecate
  • (transitive) to melt, to make liquid
  • (transitive) to reform into something else
  • (transitive) to dissolve in a liquid

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch *smeltan inherited from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (melt, smelt) inherited from Old Dutch *smelten inherited from Proto-Germanic *smaltijaną (smelt).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*smaltijaną

Gloss

smelt

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