illr
Old Norse
adj
Definitions
- evil, bad
- hard, difficult
- close, mean, stingy
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz (evil, bad) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elk-, *wers- (confuse, thresh, mix up, beat, peak, drag on the ground, highland, strong, male, manly, high, drag along the ground).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wers-
Gloss
confuse, thresh, mix up, beat, peak, drag on the ground, highland, strong, male, manly, high, drag along the ground
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
雄
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- evil English
- evildoer English
- evildoing English
- evilfare English
- evilist English
- evilista English
- evilly English
- evilness English
- evilology English
- evilworker English
- idle English
- idlehead English
- idlehood English
- idleness English
- idler English
- idleship English
- idlesome English
- idleth English
- idly English
- ill English
- nonevil English
- nonidle English
- overidle English
- ulcus Latin
- varix Latin
- verres Latin
- verro Latin
- verruca Latin
- verrūca Latin
- ἔρρω Ancient Greek
- *h₁elk- Proto-Indo-European
- *wers- Proto-Indo-European
- ille Norwegian Bokmål
- illeluktende Norwegian Bokmål
- *ilhilaz Proto-Germanic
- *wartǭ Proto-Germanic
- *werrō Proto-Germanic
- ill Norwegian Nynorsk
- अर्शस् Sanskrit
- ऋषभ Sanskrit
- idel Middle English
- ille Middle English
- yvel Middle English
- gørð Old Norse
- illgørð Old Norse
- illgørðasamr Old Norse
- ilde Danish
- *vorxъ Proto-Slavic
- *vьrxъ Proto-Slavic
- illgresi Icelandic
- illur Icelandic
- vērsis Latvian
- illbøn Faroese
- illur Faroese
- *ilkeda Proto-Finnic
- *werros Proto-Celtic
- *wes Proto-Celtic
- ill Westrobothnian
- illver Westrobothnian
- *elkos Proto-Italic
- съврьшити Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *Hárśas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ارش Urdu
- *wiršus Proto-Balto-Slavic