Where does “ilkeys” come from?
ilkeys (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilkeä, from Proto-Finnic ilkeda, from Proto-Germanic ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-.
ilkeys (Finnish): wickedness, malice
Ancestry of “ilkeys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | ilkeä | bad, mean, wicked; mischievous, troublesome,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | ilkeda | bad, mean; disgusting |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ilhilaz | bad, evil |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁elḱ- | — |