Where does “qualmy” come from?
qualmy (English) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
qualmy (English): queasy; nauseous
Definitions
- queasy; nauseous
Ancestry of “qualmy”, step by step
qualmy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English qualm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | qualm | A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc; A... |
| 2 | Dutch | kwalm | steam, vapor, mist; thick smoke, billow |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | qualm | — |
| 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 |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |