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
- bad; bad in a moral sense, evil; something bad or...
Ancestry of “yfel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | ubil | bad, evil |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *ubilaz | — |
Words derived from “yfel”