kvæle
Danish
[ˈkʰʋ̥ɛːlə]
verb
Definitions
- to choke, strangle, suffocate
- to stifle, suppress, smother
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse kvelja (torment, torture) 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
- overquell English
- quell English
- queller English
- quellest English
- quelleth English
- Quälgeist German
- quälen German
- *gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *kelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- kvele Norwegian Bokmål
- *kwaljaną Proto-Germanic
- kvälja Swedish
- kväljning Swedish
- cwellan Old English
- quellen Middle English
- kolla Old Norse
- kvelja Old Norse
- kveljari Old Norse
- kvæler Danish
- kvælerhalsbånd Danish
- kvælerslange Danish
- kvælning Danish
- kvælningsanfald Danish
- kvælstof Danish
- kvælstoffikserende Danish
- stof Danish
- kvelja Icelandic
- quellen Old High German
- queln Middle High German
- *kwalljan gmw-pro
- *kwellen Old Dutch
- quellian Old Saxon
- qvælia Old Swedish