djävul
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- (theology) devil, demon; a creature of hell.
- (theology) the Devil, Satan
- devil; bad part of the conscience
- devil; a wicked or naughty person
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish diævul inherited from Old Norse djǫfull derived from Latin diabolus (devil) derived from Ancient Greek διάβολος (slanderer, accuser, devil, Devil).
Origin
Ancient Greek
διάβολος
Gloss
slanderer, accuser, devil, Devil
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Tasmanian devil English
- archdevil English
- bedevil English
- daredevil English
- demidevil English
- devil English
- devil strip English
- devil's herb English
- devil's nettle English
- devil-lore English
- devil-ridden English
- devildom English
- deviless English
- devilet English
- devilette English
- devilfish English
- devilish English
- devilism English
- devility English
- devilize English
- devilkin English
- devilkind English
- devilless English
- devillike English
- devilment English
- devilry English
- devilship English
- devilsome English
- devilwood English
- diabologue English
- diabology English
- diabololatry English
- go-devil English
- hay devil English
- kill-devil English
- seadevil English
- she-devil English
- undevil English
- yoke-devil English
- *diablus Latin
- diabolus Latin
- diavolo Italian
- -logue French
- diable French
- diabolo French
- διάβολος Ancient Greek
- διαβάλλω Ancient Greek
- *gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European
- djevel Norwegian Bokmål
- djevelsk Norwegian Bokmål
- djevelskap Norwegian Bokmål
- djävel Swedish
- デビル Japanese
- djevel Norwegian Nynorsk
- deofol Old English
- dēofol Old English
- devil Middle English
- djǫfull Old Norse
- djævel Danish
- djævelsk Danish
- إبليس Arabic
- deable Old French
- diable Old French
- diable Catalan, Valencian
- djöfull Icelandic
- διάβολος Greek (modern)
- tiufal Old High German
- díabul Old Irish
- djevul Faroese
- djall Albanian
- 𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌻𐌰 Gothic
- *diubal gmw-pro
- *diubul gmw-pro
- diuval Old Dutch
- diabo Old Portuguese
- diuval Old Saxon
- diævul Old Swedish
- diablu Asturian
- диꙗволъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- diaul Friulian
- диꙗволъ Old East Slavic
- ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ Coptic
- diōvel Old Frisian
- diablo Old Spanish
- tewel Tok Pisin
- diaul Dalmatian
- diabolo Hawaiian
- diale Bourguignon
- giavo Istriot
- diavule Corsican
- tefin Chuukese
- diábel Old Czech