From Middle Englishqualm, cwalm (“death, sickness, plague”), from Old Englishcwealm(West Saxon: "death, disaster, plague"), ūtcualm(Anglian: "utter destruction"), from Proto-Germanic*kwalmaz (“killing, death, destruction”), from Proto-Indo-European*gʷel- (“to stick, pierce; pain, injury, death”). Related to cwelan (“to die,”) cwellan (“to kill”). The other suggested etymology, less satisfying, is from Dutchkwalm "steam, vapor, mist," which also may be ultimately from the same Germanic root as quell. Sense softened to "feeling of faintness" 1530; meaning "uneasiness, doubt" is from 1553; that of "scruple of conscience" is 1649. An indirect connection between the Old English and modern senses is plausible, via the notion of "fit of sickness."
Opponents of those privatization plans hoped to use Mr. Armstrong's qualms as ammunition to block the White House initiatives, and they asked for more public statements.
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