Where does “qualminess” come from?
qualminess (English) comes from English qualmy, from English qualm, from Dutch kwalm, from Middle Dutch qualm, from Middle Dutch quellen, from Old Dutch quellen, from Proto-West Germanic kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic kwaljaną — he, she.
qualminess (English): Quality of being qualmy
Ancestry of “qualminess”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | qualmy | queasy; nauseous |
| 2 | English | qualm | A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc; A... |
| 3 | Dutch | kwalm | steam, vapor, mist; thick smoke, billow |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | qualm | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | quellen | to torment, to hurt, to torture |
| 6 | Old Dutch | quellen | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | kwalljan | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kwaljaną | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |