Qualm

(Anglais)

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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kvalm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Emprunté à Middle Low German: quallem

Appartenant à néerlandais: kwalm

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: twalm

Appartenant à ancien anglais: 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.

Concepts

fumée

fumée épaisse

fumée dense

vapeur épaisse

Synonymes

Rauch

Dunst

Dunstschleier

Traductions

fumo

fume

smoke

duman

dû

fumo

humo

καπνός

dûman

damp

fumaça

smolder

vapor

thick smoke

smother

Phrases

Dichter Qualm entwich aus dem Schornstein .

Une fumée dense s'est échappée de la cheminée.