cwellan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to kill
- to slay
Etymology
Inherited from *kwalljan inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (torment, kill, make die).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kwaljaną
Gloss
torment, kill, make die
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
殺
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- quell English
- clava Latin
- clāva Latin
- percello Latin
- Quälgeist German
- quälen German
- bekwellen Dutch, Flemish
- kwelder Dutch, Flemish
- kwellen Dutch, Flemish
- kwelling Dutch, Flemish
- kwelspel Dutch, Flemish
- κλάω Ancient Greek
- κόλαφος Ancient Greek
- σκῶλος Ancient Greek
- *gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *kelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- kvele Norwegian Bokmål
- *kwaljaną Proto-Germanic
- *kwuljaną Proto-Germanic
- quellen Middle English
- queller Middle English
- Cillian Irish
- hlunnr Old Norse
- kolla Old Norse
- kvelja Old Norse
- kveljari Old Norse
- kvæle Danish
- kvæler Danish
- kvælning Danish
- kvælstof Danish
- *kòlti Proto-Slavic
- kvelja Icelandic
- کلنگ Persian
- quellen Middle Dutch
- quellen Old High German
- queln Middle High German
- *kwalljan gmw-pro
- *kwellen Old Dutch
- *quellen Old Dutch
- *kel-to Proto-Celtic
- *kladiwos Proto-Celtic
- aquellian Old Saxon
- quellian Old Saxon
- qvælia Old Swedish
- kwèlle Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish