German quälen

← Old Church Slavonic жаль (cognate)

← German Qual (mention)

← English quell (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (inherited)

← Middle High German queln (inherited)

← Old High German quellen (inherited)

← Dutch kwellen (cognate)

← Old Norse kvelja (cognate)

← Old Armenian կեղ (cognate)

→ English quell (cognate)

→ Old English cwellan (cognate)

→ Danish kvæle (cognate)

→ German Quälgeist (compound)