queal

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʷelH-“to sting, pierce”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*kwelaną“to suffer”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kwelan
4. Old English · inherited fromcwelan“to die”
5. Middle English · inherited fromquelen
6. English todayqueal

From Middle English quelen, from Old English cwelan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting, pierce”). Related to Middle Dutch quelen, queilen. Doublet of quail.

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