An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/melden

by Friedrich Kluge

melden, verb, ‘to mention, notify, announce,’ from Middle High German mëlden, ‘to inform against, betray, announce, show, name’; compare Old High German mëldôn, Old Saxon mëldôn, Anglo-Saxon mëldian, ‘to inform against, betray’; a West Teutonic verb simply, meaning ‘to betray,’ to which other senses have been given in Middle High German Gothic *milþôn points to a Teutonic root *melþ, ‘to betray’; an equivalent pre-Teutonic *melt has not yet been authenticated.