elle
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- (theology) hell in many religions, the place where some or all souls go after death
- (Christianity) hell where the souls of sinners go after death to be punished by devils
- (figuratively) infernal very intense, tough, terrible, horrible
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Dutch elle.
Origin
Middle Dutch
elle
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behell English
- hell English
- hell gate English
- hell's bells English
- hell-born English
- hellacious English
- hellbender English
- hellbound English
- hellbox English
- hellbroth English
- hellburner English
- hellcat English
- hellfare English
- hellfire English
- hellhound English
- hellhouse English
- hellify English
- hellish English
- hellkite English
- hellman English
- hellproof English
- hellraiser English
- hellraising English
- hellride English
- hellscape English
- hellsite English
- hellsome English
- hellspawn English
- hellwards English
- helly English
- Hölle German
- Höllenfahrt German
- Höllenfeuer German
- Höllenlärm German
- Vorhölle German
- höllisch German
- helle Middle English
- elle Middle Dutch
- helle Middle High German
- eļ Livonian