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Where does “Nahrungsquelle” come from?

Nahrungsquelle (German) comes from German quelle, from Middle High German quelle, from Old High German quella, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā.

Nahrungsquelle (German): A source of nutrition

Definitions

  1. A source of nutrition

Ancestry of “Nahrungsquelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanquelleinflection of quellen: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanquelle—
3Old High Germanquella—
4Proto-West Germanic*kwalljā—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā →