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Where does “ilkeillä” come from?

ilkeillä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilkeä, from Proto-Finnic ilkeda, from Proto-Germanic ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-.

ilkeillä (Finnish): Adessive plural form of ilkeä; To act badly,...

Definitions

  1. Adessive plural form of ilkeä; To act badly,...

Ancestry of “ilkeillä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilkeäbad, mean, wicked; mischievous, troublesome,...
2Proto-Finnicilkedabad, mean; disgusting
3Proto-Germanicilhilazbad, evil
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elḱ-—
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