cwealm
Old English
noun
Definitions
- death
- slaughter, plague, pestilence
Etymology
Inherited from *kwalm (killing, death, destruction).
Origin
*kwalm
Gloss
killing, death, destruction
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
死
Emoji
☠️ ⚰️ ⚱️ 💀
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- qualm English
- *gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European
- bealo Old English
- bealocwealm Old English
- cwealmbære Old English
- qualm Middle English
- *kwalm gmw-pro
- *kwalm Old Frisian