Where does “yvel” come from?

yvel (Middle English) comes from Old English yfel, from Proto-West Germanic ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz.

yvel (Middle English): Morally evil; iniquitous, malign; Causing harm;...

Definitions

  1. Morally evil; iniquitous, malign; Causing harm;...

Ancestry of “yvel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishyfelbad; bad in a moral sense, evil; something bad or...
2Proto-West Germanicubilbad, evil
3Proto-Germanic*ubilaz—

Words derived from “yvel”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ubil →Every word from Old English yfel →