Where does “kvelning” come from?
kvelning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kvele, from Old Norse kvelja, from Proto-Germanic kwaljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
kvelning (Norwegian Bokmål): suffocation, asphyxiation, strangulation
Definitions
- suffocation, asphyxiation, strangulation
Ancestry of “kvelning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kvele | to choke, strangle, suffocate |
| 2 | Old Norse | kvelja | to torment, torture |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kwaljaną | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |