Where does “kvælerslange” come from?
kvælerslange (Danish) comes from Danish kvæler, from Danish kvæle, from Old Norse kvelja, from Proto-Germanic kwaljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
kvælerslange (Danish): snake in the family Boidae
Definitions
- snake in the family Boidae
Ancestry of “kvælerslange”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | kvæler | strangler, choker, suffocator; stifler,... |
| 2 | Danish | kvæle | to :choke, strangle, suffocate; to stifle,... |
| 3 | Old Norse | kvelja | to torment, torture |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kwaljaną | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |