quellen
Middle English
/ˈkwɛlən/
verb
Definitions
- To kill or slay; to inflict death upon someone.
- To quell or suppress; to end afflictions or threats.
- (rare) To verbally insult or demean.
- (rare) To ruin, to lay waste to.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cwellan (kill, execute, murder) inherited from *kwalljan inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (torment, kill, make die).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kwaljaną
Gloss
torment, kill, make die
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
殺
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- overquell English
- quell English
- queller English
- quellest English
- quelleth English
- *gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *kelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kwaljaną Proto-Germanic
- cwellan Old English
- cwellere Old English
- queller Middle English
- kolla Old Norse
- kvelja Old Norse
- quellen Old High German
- *kwalljan gmw-pro
- *kwellen Old Dutch
- *quellen Old Dutch
- quellian Old Saxon