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Where does “yfel” come from?

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

yfel (Old English): bad; bad in a moral sense, evil; something bad or...

Definitions

  1. bad; bad in a moral sense, evil; something bad or...

Ancestry of “yfel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicubilbad, evil
2Proto-Germanic*ubilaz—

Words derived from “yfel”

  • evil
  • evilly
  • evildoer
  • evildoing
  • nonevil
  • evilfare
  • evilology
  • evilist
  • yvel doer
  • yvel
  • uvel
  • evel
  • ivel
  • yfele
  • yfle
Every word from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz →