Where does “queller” come from?
queller (English) comes from Middle English queller, from Old English cwellere, from Old English cwellan, 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.
queller (English): One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues; A...
Definitions
- One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues; A...
Ancestry of “queller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | queller | One entrusted with the duty of execution or... |
| 2 | Old English | cwellere | killer |
| 3 | Old English | cwellan | to kill; to slay |
| 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 |