Where does “ovel” come from?
ovel (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Saxon uvil, from Proto-West Germanic ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz.
Ancestry of “ovel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | uvil | bad |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | ubil | bad, evil |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *ubilaz | — |
Words derived from “ovel”