Where does “ilkeily” come from?

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

ilkeily (Finnish): acting badly, meanly, wickedly

Definitions

  1. acting badly, meanly, wickedly

Ancestry of “ilkeily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishilkeilläAdessive plural form of ilkeä; To act badly,...
2Finnishilkeäbad, mean, wicked; mischievous, troublesome,...
3Proto-Finnicilkedabad, mean; disgusting
4Proto-Germanicilhilazbad, evil
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elḱ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ilhilaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic ilkeda →
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