Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To waste away; to fade, to wither. · To daunt or frighten (someone). · To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful. · Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.
From Middle English quaylen, from Middle Dutch queilen, quēlen, from Old Dutch *quelan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”). Doublet of queal.
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