Where does “ivel” come from?
ivel (Middle English) comes from Old English yfel, from Proto-West Germanic ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz.
ivel (Middle English): Alternative form of yvel
Ancestry of “ivel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | yfel | bad; bad in a moral sense, evil; something bad or... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | ubil | bad, evil |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *ubilaz | — |
Words derived from “ivel”