Where does “ovela” come from?

ovela (Finnish) comes from Middle Dutch ovel, from Old Saxon uvil, from Proto-West Germanic ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz.

ovela (Finnish): shrewd, sly, wily, cunning, clever

Definitions

  1. shrewd, sly, wily, cunning, clever

Ancestry of “ovela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchovel—
2Old Saxonuvilbad
3Proto-West Germanicubilbad, evil
4Proto-Germanic*ubilaz—

Words derived from “ovela”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ubil →Every word from Old Saxon uvil →