a club wielded as a weapon · a young rascal · a knave, a boy
çekim: çoğul Bengeln · tamlayan Bengels
eş: Lausejunge, Lausbub, Flegel
köken: From Middle High German bengel, from Old High German *bengil (“club", "stick", "hammer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bangil, from Proto-Germanic *bangilaz (“club, hammer”), from Proto-Germanic *bang- (“to beat”).
rabble, riffraff · rascal, blackguard, scoundrel, scum · clever person
çekim: çoğul canailles
eş: salaud, quenaille
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Latin canēs Latin canisder. Vulgar Latin *canālia Italian canagliabor. Middle French canaille French canaille Inherited from Middle French canaille, from Italian canaglia.
scoundrel, villain, blackguard, bastard, degenerate · Term of abuse
çekim: çoğul canalhas
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Latin canēs Latin canisder. Vulgar Latin *canālia Italian canagliabor. Portuguese canalha Borrowed from Italian canaglia, ultimately equivalent to cão + -alha.
a devil (evil creature) · the devil (Satan) · a devil (bad part of the conscience)
çekim: çoğul djävlar · tamlayan djävuls
köken: From Old Swedish diævul, from Old Norse djǫfull, ultimately from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos). Compare Danish djævel, Norwegian djevel, Icelandic djöfull, English devil, Dutch duivel, German Teufel.
— Är det djävlar eller spöken de [springer] för? sade Orm.
Satan eller djävulen och de andra onda andarna är [fallna] änglar.
[Det] sitter en liten djävul på ena axeln och säger att "vi spelar lite så kanske vi vinner tillbaka pengarna".
köken: Uncertain. Possibly a clipping of malimończyk, marymontczyk (“student/professor/baked good from Marymont”), itself probably from French Mariemont (“Mount Mary”), where the element was influenced by a dialectal pronunciation of the prefix anty- (dialectally ancy-), which often has a negative connotation, with sound changes being marymontczyk > marymon > ancymon. First attested in 1914. Compare…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō) Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor. Latin diaboluslbor. Old Czech diábel Czech ďábel Inherited from Old Czech diábel, from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek…
rascal, urchin (a mischievous boy) · scoundrel (a person without honour or virtue) · chicken vendor
çekim: çoğul csibészek
köken: From csibe (“baby chicken”) + -ész (noun-forming suffix denoting an occupation). Its original meaning csibeárus (“chicken vendor”) is obsolete. The modern meaning was influenced by csirkefogó (“rascal, scoundrel”, literally “chicken-catcher”).
yoke-bearer (a term of abuse, usually of slaves) · rascal, scoundrel, rogue
çekim: çoğul furciferī · tamlayan furciferī
köken: Etymology tree Latin furca Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós Proto-Italic *-foros Latin -fer Latin furcifer From furca + -fer.
köken: An Old Norse term meaning "opponent", from and- + skoti, literally “he who shoots against you”. By extension, everybody's opponent is Satan. This meaning is attested in some old poems, including one claimed to be from 1180.
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto bubo Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āceus Latin -aceum Italian -accioder. Esperanto -aĉ- Esperanto bubaĉo From bubo + -aĉ-.
Etimoloji
From deugen (“to be good”) + niet (“not”); parallel to cognate German Taugenichts and Danish døgenigt (the latter of which took on a somewhat different sense).