Where does “zwemkelle” come from?
zwemkelle (Dutch) comes from Dutch kelle, from Dutch kwel, from Dutch kwellen, from Middle Dutch quellen, from Old Dutch quellen, from Proto-West Germanic kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic kwaljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
zwemkelle (Dutch): flood pool
Definitions
- flood pool
Ancestry of “zwemkelle”, step by step
zwemkelle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kelle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kelle | a lake or pool that remains on shore at low-tide |
| 2 | Dutch | kwel | seep, flush (aquifer water reaching the surface) |
| 3 | Dutch | kwellen | to torment, trouble; to hurt; to well up |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | quellen | to torment, to hurt, to torture |
| 5 | Old Dutch | quellen | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kwalljan | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kwaljaną | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |