Where does “illæ” come from?

illæ (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse íllr, from Proto-Germanic ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-.

illæ (Old Danish): bad, evil, wicked

Definitions

  1. bad, evil, wicked

Ancestry of “illæ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseíllrevil, bad
2Proto-Germanicilhilazbad, evil
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elḱ-

Words derived from “illæ

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-