quellen
German (Berlin)
/ˈkvɛln̩/
verb-strong
Definitions
- to well issue forth, as water from the earth
- to swell, to soak expand by soaking up a liquid
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German quellen inherited from Old High German quellan (pour out, well up, stream from) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwellǭ (well, spring).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kwellǭ
Gloss
well, spring
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
井
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- obeli Latin
- Qualm German
- ballerina Italian
- kwalm Dutch, Flemish
- жалеть Russian
- -λογῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- βέλεμνον Ancient Greek
- βαλλίζω Ancient Greek
- βελόνη Ancient Greek
- διάβολος Ancient Greek
- ὀβελός Ancient Greek
- *gʷeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷl̥-ne-h₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷl̥H-trom Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷélHos Proto-Indo-European
- *kwaljaną Proto-Germanic
- *kwelaną Proto-Germanic
- *kweldą Proto-Germanic
- *kwellaną Proto-Germanic
- *kwellǭ Proto-Germanic
- *kwildiz Proto-Germanic
- kveljari Old Norse
- blaen Welsh
- quella Old High German
- quellan Old High German
- gals Latvian
- quellen Middle High German
- quëllen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *kwalm gmw-pro
- *balni- Proto-Celtic
- *bā- Proto-Celtic
- quiele Middle Low German
- *glepanā Proto-Albanian
- *glista Proto-Albanian
- *salpanā Proto-Albanian
- *gilˀnāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic