yfel
Old English
adj
Definitions
- bad
- bad in a moral sense, evil
Etymology
Inherited from *ubil inherited from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ubilaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- evil English
- *h₂upélos Proto-Indo-European
- *ubilaz Proto-Germanic
- *ubilisōną Proto-Germanic
- cweþan Old English
- hālsian Old English
- yfelcweþan Old English
- yfele Old English
- yfelsian Old English
- yfelsung Old English
- yvel Middle English
- yvel doer Middle English
- yvel fare Middle English
- yvel wille Middle English
- yvelen Middle English
- yvelnes Middle English
- ubil Old High German
- ubili Old High German
- *üvel Middle High German
- übel Middle High German
- 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- *ubil gmw-pro
- uvil Old Dutch
- ȫvel Middle Low German
- uvil Old Saxon
- iwwel Pennsylvania German