Where does “quelleth” come from?
quelleth (English) comes from English quell, from Middle English quellen, 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.
quelleth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “quelleth”, step by step
quelleth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quell | To subdue, to put down; to silence or force to... |
| 2 | Middle English | quellen | To kill or slay; to inflict death upon someone;... |
| 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 |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |