Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwellaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to drip, stream”). Cognate with Sanskrit गलति (galati, “to drip, ooze”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*kwellaną[1]
Inflection
editConjugation of *kwellaną (strong class 3)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *kwellan, *kwalljan
- Old Saxon: quellan
- Old Dutch: *quellan
- Old High German: kwellan, quellan
- Middle High German: quëllen, quallen
- ⇒ Old High German: ubarkwellan, ubarquellan
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kwellanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 227