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kwellen.

to torment, trouble

7 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb

  1. to torment, trouble

  2. to hurt, pester

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Germanic *kwelaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan Old Dutch *quellen Middle Dutch quellen Dutch kwellen From Middle Dutch quellen, from Old Dutch *quellen, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną.

verb

  1. to well up

    archaic

  2. to swell up

    archaic
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *kwellan Old Dutch *quellan Middle Dutch quellen Dutch kwellen From Middle Dutch quellen (“to well up; to swell up”), from Old Dutch *quellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwellan.

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