Where does “Todesqual” come from?
Todesqual (German) comes from German Qual, from Middle High German quāle, from Old High German quāla, from Proto-West Germanic kwalu, from Proto-Germanic kwalō, from Proto-Germanic kwaljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Todesqual (German): mortal agony, death pangs
Definitions
- mortal agony, death pangs
Ancestry of “Todesqual”, step by step
Todesqual traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Qual
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Qual | agony, torment, torture |
| 2 | Middle High German | quāle | — |
| 3 | Old High German | quāla | violent death; torment, suffering |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kwalu | torture |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kwalō | suffering, pain |
| 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 |