illy

illy

‘in an ill manner’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

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

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

ill

illing

illness

illth

ill-advised

ill-bred

ill-fated

ill-favored

ill-gotten

ill-mannered

ill-timed

upanishad

beneath

nether

netherlands

nethermost

netherworld