Where does “kvälja” come from?
kvälja (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish qvælia, 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.
kvälja (Swedish): to torment, torture; to arraign
Definitions
- to torment, torture; to arraign
Ancestry of “kvälja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Swedish | qvælia | to suffocate; to torment, torture |
| 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 |
Words derived from “kvälja”