ilska

From Old Swedish ilzka (noun), from Old Norse íllska, derivative of Old Swedish ilzker (“evil”, adjective), Old Norse *íllskr, to the same stem as ill (adjective), illa (adverb); Old Swedish ilder (adjective), Old Swedish illa (adverb); Old Norse íllr (adjective), ílla (adverb), from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elḱ- (whence Latin ulcus (“sore”), Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)).

Cognate of Icelandic illska, dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk illska, Old Danish ildsk.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪ̂lːskä]

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ilska c

1. anger (a strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something)

• illa
• ilsk
• ilsken
• ill-

• “ilska”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ilska”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ilska”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• ilsken in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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