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Where does “quellen” come from?

quellen (Old High German) 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.

Ancestry of “quellen”, 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 “quellen”

  • quälen
  • queln
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