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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwelaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (to hurt). Related to Lithuanian gélti (to hurt), Old Irish atbaill (to die).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷe.lɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kwelaną[1][2][3]

  1. to suffer, hurt

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kwelan
    • Old English: cwelan
    • Old Saxon: quelan
    • Old Dutch: *quelan
    • Old High German: quelan
      • Middle High German: queln

Further reading

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwelan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 316
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kwelanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 227
  3. Seebold, Elmar (1970) “KWEL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 313
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