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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
QUELL.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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QUELL,
to crush, subdue, allay. (E.) The causal of quail.
M.E. quellen, to kill; Chaucer, C. T. 12788.—A.S. cwellan,
to kill, Grein, i. 174. + O. Sax. quellian, to torment; causal of quelan,
to suffer martyrdom; Du. kwellen, to plague, vex. + Icel. kvelja,
to torment. + Swed. qvälja, to torment. + Dan. qvæle, to strangle,
choke; to plague, torment. β. The orig. sense was probably 'to
choke;' from the primitive KWAL; for which see Quail (1).
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Frequently said to be a doublet of kill, but the evidence is strongly against
this unlikely identification; the two words have different vowel-sounds, and
have nothing but the final ll in common. The sense of quell is 'to
choke,' to torture; that of kill, to 'knock on the head.'
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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