schmelzen.
to melt; to liquefy
Meaning & usage
to melt; to liquefy
to smelt; to fuse
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- Proto-Indo-European *(s)méldeti Proto-Germanic *smeltaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *smaltijaną Proto-West Germanic *smaltijan Old High German smẹlzen Middle High German smẹlzen German schmelzen From Middle High German smẹlzen, from Old High German smẹlzen, from Proto-West Germanic *smaltijan, from Proto-Germanic *smaltijaną; causative of the previous verb.
to melt; to liquefy
to dwindle; to melt away
to melt; to liquefy
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- Proto-Indo-European *(s)méldeti Proto-Germanic *smeltaną Proto-West Germanic *smeltan Old High German smëlzan Middle High German smëlzen German schmelzen From Middle High German smëlzen, from Old High German smëlzan, from Proto-West Germanic *smeltan, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną. Akin to Old Saxon smeltan. Cognate with English smelt, Danish smelte, Dutch smelten, German Low German smölten. Through the meaning of soften: compare Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ) (whence младость (mladostĭ, “softness”)), Latin mollis (“soft”).
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