Proto-Germanic
*kwelaną
‘to suffer’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *kwelaną.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną, most familiar first.
- quail ← quaylen ← queilen ← *quelan ← *kwelan
- quell ← quellen ← cwellan ← *kwalljan ← *kwaljaną
- queller ← cwellere ← cwellan ← *kwalljan ← *kwaljaną
- queal ← quelen ← cwelan ← *kwelan
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kwelaną