"melþōn" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

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Verb

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *melþōną, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, speak”). Cognate with Lithuanian maldýti (“to implore”), Proto-Slavic *modlìti (“to ask, pray”), Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (māldi, “to recite, make a vow”), Old Armenian մաղթ (małtʻ, “prayer, supplication”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*melþōną}} Proto-Germanic *melþōną, {{der|gmw-pro|ine-pro|*meldʰ-||to ask, pray, speak}} Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, speak”), {{cog|lt|maldýti|t=to implore}} Lithuanian maldýti (“to implore”), {{cog|sla-pro|*modlìti|t=to ask, pray}} Proto-Slavic *modlìti (“to ask, pray”), {{cog|hit|𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲|t=to recite, make a vow|tr=māldi}} Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (māldi, “to recite, make a vow”), {{cog|xcl|մաղթ|t=prayer, supplication}} Old Armenian մաղթ (małtʻ, “prayer, supplication”) Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|verb}} *melþōn Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-verb-wk2}} Forms: weak [table-tags], melþōn [infinitive], melþōnijas [genitive, infinitive], melþōnijē [dative, infinitive], melþōniju [infinitive, instrumental], melþō [first-person, present, singular], melþōdā [first-person, past, singular], melþōs [present, second-person, singular], melþōdēs [past, second-person, singular], melþōdōs [past, second-person, singular], melþōþ [present, singular, third-person], melþōdē [past, singular, third-person], melþōdā [past, singular, third-person], melþōm [first-person, plural, present], melþōdum [first-person, past, plural], melþōþ [plural, present, second-person], melþōdud [past, plural, second-person], melþōnþ [plural, present, third-person], melþōdun [past, plural, third-person], melþōdī [first-person, past, singular], melþōdī [past, second-person, singular], melþō [present, singular, third-person], melþōdī [past, singular, third-person], melþōdīm [first-person, past, plural], melþōdīd [past, plural, second-person], melþōn [plural, present, third-person], melþōdīn [past, plural, third-person], melþō [present, singular], melþōþ [plural, present], melþōndī [participle, present], melþōd [participle, past]
  1. to specify; point out; show Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-melþōn-gmw-pro-verb-mEOVFdqq Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 39 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 32
  2. to inform; divulge; declare; announce Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-melþōn-gmw-pro-verb-xHMmrvB9 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 39 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 24 52 24
  3. to bewray; accuse Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-melþōn-gmw-pro-verb-en6Panu7 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 39 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meldōn Related terms: milþijan

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "meldian"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: meldian\nMiddle English: melden\nEnglish: meld\nScots: meld, mell",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: meldian\nMiddle English: melden\nEnglish: meld\nScots: meld, mell"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "*meldia"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: *meldia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: *meldia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "mäldje"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: mäldje",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: mäldje"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "meldzje"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: meldzje",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: meldzje"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "urmeldia",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Frisian: urmeldia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Frisian: urmeldia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "meldōn"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: meldōn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: meldōn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "melden"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: melden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: melden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "melden",
            "3": "mellen"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: melden, mellen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: melden, mellen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "melde",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: melde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: melde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "melde"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: melde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: melde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "melda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Faroese: melda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Faroese: melda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "melda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: melda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: melda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "mälda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: mälda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: mälda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "melda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: melda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: melda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*meldon"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *meldon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *meldon (attested as maltho)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "melden"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: melden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: melden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "melden"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: melden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: melden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "meld",
            "3": "melde"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: meld, melde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: meld, melde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "melde",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ West Frisian: melde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ West Frisian: melde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "meldōn"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: meldōn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: meldōn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "mëlden"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: mëlden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: mëlden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "melden"
          },
          "expansion": "German: melden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: melden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "mellen"
          },
          "expansion": "Luxembourgish: mellen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luxembourgish: mellen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*melþōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *melþōną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meldʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to ask, pray, speak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, speak”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "maldýti",
        "t": "to implore"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian maldýti (“to implore”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*modlìti",
        "t": "to ask, pray"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *modlìti (“to ask, pray”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲",
        "t": "to recite, make a vow",
        "tr": "māldi"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (māldi, “to recite, make a vow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "մաղթ",
        "t": "prayer, supplication"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian մաղթ (małtʻ, “prayer, supplication”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *melþōną, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, speak”). Cognate with Lithuanian maldýti (“to implore”), Proto-Slavic *modlìti (“to ask, pray”), Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (māldi, “to recite, make a vow”), Old Armenian մաղթ (małtʻ, “prayer, supplication”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-verb-wk2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōnijas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōnijē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōniju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōnþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōndī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*melþōn",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-wk2"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/melþōn",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "milþijan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 39 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 34 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to specify; point out; show"
      ],
      "id": "en-melþōn-gmw-pro-verb-mEOVFdqq",
      "links": [
        [
          "specify",
          "specify"
        ],
        [
          "point out",
          "point out"
        ],
        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 39 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 34 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 52 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to inform; divulge; declare; announce"
      ],
      "id": "en-melþōn-gmw-pro-verb-xHMmrvB9",
      "links": [
        [
          "inform",
          "inform"
        ],
        [
          "divulge",
          "divulge"
        ],
        [
          "declare",
          "declare"
        ],
        [
          "announce",
          "announce"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 39 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 34 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bewray; accuse"
      ],
      "id": "en-melþōn-gmw-pro-verb-en6Panu7",
      "links": [
        [
          "bewray",
          "bewray"
        ],
        [
          "accuse",
          "accuse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "meldōn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melþōn"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-West Germanic class 2 weak verbs",
    "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic verbs"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "meldian"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: meldian\nMiddle English: melden\nEnglish: meld\nScots: meld, mell",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: meldian\nMiddle English: melden\nEnglish: meld\nScots: meld, mell"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "*meldia"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: *meldia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: *meldia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "mäldje"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: mäldje",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: mäldje"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "meldzje"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: meldzje",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: meldzje"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "urmeldia",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Frisian: urmeldia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Frisian: urmeldia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "meldōn"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: meldōn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: meldōn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "melden"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: melden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: melden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "melden",
            "3": "mellen"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: melden, mellen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: melden, mellen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "melde",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: melde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: melde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "melde"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: melde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: melde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "melda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Faroese: melda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Faroese: melda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "melda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: melda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: melda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "mälda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: mälda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: mälda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "melda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: melda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: melda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*meldon"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *meldon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *meldon (attested as maltho)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "melden"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: melden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: melden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "melden"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: melden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: melden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "meld",
            "3": "melde"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: meld, melde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: meld, melde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "melde",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ West Frisian: melde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ West Frisian: melde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "meldōn"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: meldōn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: meldōn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "mëlden"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: mëlden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: mëlden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "melden"
          },
          "expansion": "German: melden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: melden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "mellen"
          },
          "expansion": "Luxembourgish: mellen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luxembourgish: mellen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*melþōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *melþōną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meldʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to ask, pray, speak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, speak”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "maldýti",
        "t": "to implore"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian maldýti (“to implore”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*modlìti",
        "t": "to ask, pray"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *modlìti (“to ask, pray”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲",
        "t": "to recite, make a vow",
        "tr": "māldi"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (māldi, “to recite, make a vow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "մաղթ",
        "t": "prayer, supplication"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian մաղթ (małtʻ, “prayer, supplication”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *melþōną, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, speak”). Cognate with Lithuanian maldýti (“to implore”), Proto-Slavic *modlìti (“to ask, pray”), Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (māldi, “to recite, make a vow”), Old Armenian մաղթ (małtʻ, “prayer, supplication”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-verb-wk2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōnijas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōnijē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōniju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōnþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōdīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōndī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melþōd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*melþōn",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-wk2"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/melþōn",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "milþijan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to specify; point out; show"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "specify",
          "specify"
        ],
        [
          "point out",
          "point out"
        ],
        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to inform; divulge; declare; announce"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inform",
          "inform"
        ],
        [
          "divulge",
          "divulge"
        ],
        [
          "declare",
          "declare"
        ],
        [
          "announce",
          "announce"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to bewray; accuse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bewray",
          "bewray"
        ],
        [
          "accuse",
          "accuse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "meldōn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melþōn"
}

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