Where does “kwel” come from?
kwel (Dutch) comes from Dutch kwellen, from Middle Dutch quellen, from Old Dutch quellen, from Proto-West Germanic kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic kwaljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
kwel (Dutch): seep, flush (aquifer water reaching the surface)
Definitions
- seep, flush (aquifer water reaching the surface)
Ancestry of “kwel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kwellen | to torment, trouble; to hurt; to well up |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | quellen | to torment, to hurt, to torture |
| 3 | Old Dutch | quellen | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kwalljan | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kwaljaną | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |