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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ubilaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Celtic *uɸelos (bad, evil),[1] but the source is disputed.[2] Possibly either:

  • From Proto-Indo-European *h₂upélos, from a root *h₂wep(h₁)- (bad, evil) + *-elo-, thereby cognate with Hittite 𒄷𒉿𒀊𒍣 (huwapp-i, to mistreat, harass), 𒄷𒉿𒀊𒉺𒀸 (huwappa-, evil, badness).[3] Kroonen doubts the comparison to Hittite on the grounds that the Hittite verb preserves an earlier meaning “to throw/cast away” and so the semantic development to “evil” was probably post-PIE.[2]
  • From Proto-Indo-European *upélos (evil, literally going over or beyond (acceptable limits)), from *upó, *up (down, up, over), thus it would be equivalent to *ub (under) + *-ilaz. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.βi.lɑz/

Adjective

*ubilaz (adverb *wirsiz, comparative *wirsizô, superlative *wirsistaz)[2]

  1. evil, bad

Inflection


Synonyms

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ubil
    • Old English: yfel, efel, eofel
      • Middle English: yvel, uvel, evel
    • Old Frisian: evel
      • Saterland Frisian: eeuwel
      • West Frisian: evel
    • Old Saxon: uvil
      • Middle Low German: ovel
      • West Frisian: euvel
    • Old Dutch: uvil
      • Middle Dutch: evel, ovel, oevel
        • Dutch: euvel
          • Afrikaans: euwel
    • Old High German: ubil
      • Middle High German: übel, *üvel (West Central German)
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃 (ubils)

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ufelo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 396
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ubila-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 557
  3. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 369–372
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