Where does “vokills” come from?

vokills (English) comes from English kills, from English kill, from Middle English killen, from Old English cwellan, from Proto-West Germanic kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic kwaljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

vokills (English): vocals performed in the death growl style

Definitions

  1. vocals performed in the death growl style

Ancestry of “vokills”, step by step

vokills traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English kills

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishkillsplural of kill; Third-person singular simple...
2EnglishkillTo put to death; to extinguish the life of; To...
3Middle Englishkillen
4Old Englishcwellanto kill; to slay
5Proto-West Germanickwalljanto make suffer, to hurt
6Proto-Germanickwaljanąto make suffer, to hurt
7Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she

via English vocals

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishvocalsplural of vocal; API pl; The words of a song...
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -janąEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti