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
kvælerslange traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish kvæler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | kvæler | strangler, choker, suffocator; stifler,... |
| 2 | Danish | kvæle | to choke, strangle, suffocate |
| 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 |
via Danish slange
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | slange | A snake, a serpent; A tube, a hose; A spiteful... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | slange | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | slango | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | slangô | snake |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | slenk- | to turn; wind; twist; to turn, to twist, to wind;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sel- | dwelling; piece of wood; beam, post, balk, board,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |