Qualm

(Inglês)

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

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kvalm/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Emprestado de Middle Low German: quallem

Cognato com holandês: kwalm

Cognato com alemão arcaico alto: twalm

Cognato com inglês arcaico: 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.

Conceitos

fumo

fumaça

vapor

Sinônimos

Rauch

Dunst

Dunstschleier

Frases

Dichter Qualm entwich aus dem Schornstein .

A fumaça densa escapou da chaminé.