Where does “cwellan” come from?

cwellan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic kwaljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

cwellan (Old English): to kill; to slay

Definitions

  1. to kill; to slay

Ancestry of “cwellan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickwalljanto make suffer, to hurt
2Proto-Germanickwaljanąto make suffer, to hurt
3Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “cwellan”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →