kwellen
Dutch (Brabantic)
verb
Definitions
- to torment, trouble
- to hurt
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch quellen (swell up, well up) inherited from Old Dutch *kwellen 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
- Quälgeist German
- quälen German
- bekwellen Dutch, Flemish
- kwelder Dutch, Flemish
- kwelling Dutch, Flemish
- kwelspel Dutch, Flemish
- spel Dutch, Flemish
- *gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *kelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kwaljaną Proto-Germanic
- cwellan Old English
- quellen Middle English
- kolla Old Norse
- kvelja Old Norse
- bequellen Middle Dutch
- quellen Middle Dutch
- quellen Old High German
- queln Middle High German
- *kwalljan gmw-pro
- *kwellen Old Dutch
- *quellen Old Dutch
- quellian Old Saxon
- kwèlle Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish