Qualm

(Anglès)

smoke, particularly when very dense or regarded as unpleasant; fume

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kvalm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Manllevat de Middle Low German: quallem

Cognat amb neerlandès: kwalm

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: twalm

Cognat amb anglès antic: dwolma

In summary

16th century, from Middle Low German quallem (“vapor, steam, smoke”). Cognate with Dutch kwalm. Usually considered a derivative of quellen (“to well, swell up”).
Alternatively with the common Low and Central German development dw-, tw- → qu- (as in quer, Quark etc.) from Old Saxon dwalm (“benumbment, bemusement”), cognate of Old High German twalm, Old English dwolma. Further from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeuə- (“spray, swirl, whirl”). However, the documented meanings seem to speak against this.

Sinònims

Rauch

Dunst

Dunstschleier

Traduccions

fumo

fumée

smoke

fume

duman

dû

fumo

humo

fumée épaisse

vapor

vapeur épaisse

smolder

smother

thick smoke

fumée dense

Frases

Dichter Qualm entwich aus dem Schornstein .

Dense smoke escaped from the chimney.