Where does “kwahtila” come from?
kwahtila (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic hwahtlā, from Proto-Germanic hwahtlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- — to flee, escape.
Ancestry of “kwahtila”, step by step
Words derived from “kwahtila”