Proto-Germanic: *kwabjan-; *kwēbian-; *kwōba-n
Meaning: sink, plunge, extinguish
Old Norse: kvefja wk. `ersticken', kvafna wk. `ersticken'; kvǟfa tr. `ersticken, erdrosseln'; kōf n. `Qualm, Rauch', kȫfa wk. `ersticken'
Norwegian: kveva vb.; k(v)avna, kvɔvna `ersticken'; kväva vb.; kov `Regen-, Schneewolken'
Old Swedish: kvaf `Tiefe'
Swedish: kväva vb.; dial. kvamna `den Atem verlieren'; kväva vb.; dial. kōva `Schneegestöber'
Danish: dial. kvavne, kvovne `erdrosseln'
Middle High German: erqueben `ersticken'
