Where does “quellian” come from?

quellian (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic kwaljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

quellian (Old Saxon): to kill, to torture

Definitions

  1. to kill, to torture

Ancestry of “quellian”, step by step

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

Words derived from “quellian”

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