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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwellaną

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 drip, stream). Cognate with Sanskrit गलति (galati, to drip, ooze).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwel.lɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kwellaną[1]

  1. to well
  2. to gush, stream

Inflection

  • *kwellǭ

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kwellan, *kwalljan
    • Old Saxon: quellan
      • Middle Low German: quellen, quillen
        • Swedish: kvälla
    • Old Dutch: *quellan
    • Old High German: kwellan, quellan

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kwellanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 227
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