Old English · noun
smelting
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsmel.tinɡ/[ˈsmeɫ.tiŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈsmel · tinɡ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- amber
Meaning
-
amber
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *smeltan + -ing. Compare Old High German smelzi, gismelzi (“fused mass, electrum, alloy”), Old Norse smeltr (“enamelled”).
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