Old English cwellan

← Danish kvæle (cognate)

← German quälen (cognate)

← Middle Dutch quellen (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan (inherited)

← Old High German quellen (cognate)

← Dutch kwellen (cognate)

← Old Norse kvelja (cognate)

← Old Saxon quellian (cognate)

→ English kill (inherited)

→ English quell (inherited)

→ Old Church Slavonic жаль (cognate)

→ Middle English quellen (inherited)

→ Old Norse kveld (mention)