*hūwilōną

Runic: ᚺᚢᚹᛁᛚᛟᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxuː.wi.lɔː.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 2

Meanings

to howl; scream

Etymology

Ultimately of imitative origin. Said by Pokorny to be from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, but others dispute this. Also compare *heufaną (‘to lament’), *uwwalǭ (‘owl’) and Proto-West Germanic *hūō.

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	hūwilō	hūwilǭ	–
2nd singular	hūwilōsi	hūwilōs	hūwilō
3rd singular	hūwilōþi	hūwilō	hūwilōþau
1st dual	hūwilōs	hūwilōw	–
2nd dual	hūwilōþiz	hūwilōþiz	hūwilōþiz
1st plural	hūwilōmaz	hūwilōm	–
2nd plural	hūwilōþ	hūwilōþ	hūwilōþ
3rd plural	hūwilōnþi	hūwilōn	hūwilōnþau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	hūwilōi	–
2nd singular	hūwilōsai	hūwilōsau
3rd singular	hūwilōþai	hūwilōþau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	hūwilōnþai	hūwilōnþau
2nd plural	hūwilōnþai	hūwilōnþau
3rd plural	hūwilōnþai	hūwilōnþau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	hūwilōdǭ	hūwilōdēdį̄
2nd singular	hūwilōdēz	hūwilōdēdīz
3rd singular	hūwilōdē	hūwilōdēdī
1st dual	hūwilōdēdū	hūwilōdēdīw
2nd dual	hūwilōdēdudiz	hūwilōdēdīdiz
1st plural	hūwilōdēdum	hūwilōdēdīm
2nd plural	hūwilōdēdud	hūwilōdēdīd
3rd plural	hūwilōdēdun	hūwilōdēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
hūwilōną	hūwilōndz	hūwilōdaz

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Descendants

*hūilōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- uller, ouler (Old French)
*hūilōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hūlon (Old Dutch)
  - hulen (Middle Dutch)
    - hule (Limburgish)
*hūilōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hūlon (Old Dutch)
  - hulen (Middle Dutch)
    - huilen (Dutch)
      - huil (Afrikaans)
      - hyelen, hyel (Negerhollands)
*hūilōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hūlian (Old English)
  - howlen, howlyn, hulen (Middle English)
    - howl (English)
    - howl (Scots)
    - hol (Yola)
*hūilōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hūlia (Old Frisian)
  - huulje (Saterland Frisian)
  - huilje (West Frisian)
*hūilōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūwilōn, hūlōn, hiuwilōn, hiwilōn (Old High German)
  - hūwelen, hūwlen, hūlen, hiuwelen, hiulen, hielen (Middle High German)
    - hüüwle (Alemannic German)
    - heulen (German)
*hūilōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hūwilōn, *hūlōn (Old Saxon)
  - hü̂len, hûlen (Middle Low German)
    - hyle (Danish)
    - hulen (German Low German)
    - hyla (Swedish)
*hūilōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hūwilōn, *hūlōn (Old Saxon)
  - hü̂len, hûlen (Middle Low German)
    - ? (Norwegian)
      - hyle (Norwegian Bokmål)
      - hyla (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*hūlōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- uller, ouler (Old French)
*hūlōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hūlon (Old Dutch)
  - hulen (Middle Dutch)
    - hule (Limburgish)
*hūlōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hūlon (Old Dutch)
  - hulen (Middle Dutch)
    - huilen (Dutch)
      - huil (Afrikaans)
      - hyelen, hyel (Negerhollands)
*hūlōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hūlian (Old English)
  - howlen, howlyn, hulen (Middle English)
    - howl (English)
    - howl (Scots)
    - hol (Yola)
*hūlōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hūlia (Old Frisian)
  - huulje (Saterland Frisian)
  - huilje (West Frisian)
*hūlōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūwilōn, hūlōn, hiuwilōn, hiwilōn (Old High German)
  - hūwelen, hūwlen, hūlen, hiuwelen, hiulen, hielen (Middle High German)
    - hüüwle (Alemannic German)
    - heulen (German)
*hūlōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hūwilōn, *hūlōn (Old Saxon)
  - hü̂len, hûlen (Middle Low German)
    - hyle (Danish)
    - hulen (German Low German)
    - hyla (Swedish)
*hūlōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hūwilōn, *hūlōn (Old Saxon)
  - hü̂len, hûlen (Middle Low German)
    - ? (Norwegian)
      - hyle (Norwegian Bokmål)
      - hyla (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ýla (Old Norse)
- ýla (Faroese)
- ýla (Icelandic)
- yla, ula (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- yla (Swedish)
úla (Old Norse)
- ýla (Faroese)
- ýla (Icelandic)
- yla, ula (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- yla (Swedish)

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