Where does “oveluus” come from?
oveluus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ovela, from Middle Dutch ovel, from Old Saxon uvil, from Proto-West Germanic ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz.
oveluus (Finnish): cunning, shrewdness
Ancestry of “oveluus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | ovela | shrewd, sly, wily, cunning, clever |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | ovel | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | uvil | bad |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ubil | bad, evil |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ubilaz | — |