Etymology

kvell

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Today it means: To feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat. Full definition →

Yiddish קוועלן ← Middle High German quellen ← Old High German quellan
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*kwellan
  2. Old High German · derived fromquellan
  3. Middle High German · derived fromquellen
  4. Yiddish · derived fromקוועלן
  5. English todaykvell

From Yiddish קוועלן (kveln), from Middle High German quellen, from Old High German quellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwellan. Cognate with German quellen and English quell (“source, spring”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.