Old English meltan

← Proto-Germanic *meltaną (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *maltijaną (derived)

← Proto-West Germanic *meltan (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (derived)

← Icelandic melta (cognate)

→ English smelt (cognate)

→ English melt (inherited)

→ Old English formeltan (prefix)