Where does “unquellable” come from?
unquellable (English) comes from English quellable, 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 — he, she.
unquellable (English): That cannot be quelled
Definitions
- That cannot be quelled
Ancestry of “unquellable”, step by step
unquellable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quellable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quellable | Able to be quelled |
| 2 | English | quell | To subdue, to put down; to silence or force to... |
| 3 | Middle English | quellen | To kill or slay; to inflict death upon someone;... |
| 4 | Old English | cwellan | to kill; to slay |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kwalljan | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kwaljaną | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |