illing

illing

‘evil-doing, malevolent treatment’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    ill < O.Nor. illr ‘bad; hard, difficult’ + -ing < il < Tamil il

English words derived from Tamil il connoting ‘non-existence’ 

ill

illness

illth

illy

ill-advised

ill-bred

ill-fated

ill-favored

ill-gotten

ill-mannered

ill-timed

upanishad

beneath

nether

netherlands

nethermost

netherworld