Old Norse kvelja

← Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (root)

← Old Armenian կեղ (cognate)

→ Old English cwellan (cognate)

→ Old Church Slavonic жаль (cognate)

→ Danish kvæle (derived)

→ German quälen (cognate)

→ Old Swedish qvælia (inherited)

→ Icelandic kvelja (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål kvele (derived)

→ Old Norse kveld (mention)

→ Old Norse kveljari (suffix)

→ Swedish kvälja (inherited)