*uwwalǭ

Runic: ᚢᚹᚨᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈuw.wɑ.lɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

owl

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European root mimicking an owl's cry, reconstructed as *h₂uh₁e/olo- from *h₂wól- or *h₂uh₁-el (Fortson, 1996). Cognate with Hittite 𒄷 𒉿 𒆷 𒀸 (ḫu-wa-la-aš /ḫuwalaš/, ‘owl; bird of the underworld’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	uwwalǭ	uwwalōniz
Acc.	uwwalōnų	uwwalōnunz
Gen.	uwwalōniz	uwwalōnǫ̂
Dat.	uwwalōni	uwwalōmaz
Inst.	uwwalōnē	uwwalōmiz
Voc.	uwwalǭ	uwwalōniz

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Descendants

*uwwilā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *ūla (Old Dutch)
  - ūle (Middle Dutch)
    - uil (Dutch)
      - uil (Afrikaans)
      - ullu (Caribbean Hindustani)
*uwwilā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ūle (Old English)
  - oule, oul, owle, ule, howle, owlle (Middle English)
    - owl (English)
    - oul, ool (Scots)
*uwwilā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *ūle (Old Frisian)
  - Ule (Saterland Frisian)
  - ûle (West Frisian)
*uwwilā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ūwila, ūla (Old High German)
  - iuwele, iuwel, iule, ūle (Middle High German)
    - Üle (Alemannic German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
    - Eil (Central Franconian)
    - ? (East Central German)
    - ? (East Franconian)
    - Eule (German)
    - Eil, Il (Rhine Franconian)
*uwwilā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ūwila, ūla (Old Saxon)
  - ûle, uhle (Middle Low German)
    - Uul (German Low German)
    - Ul (Plautdietsch)
*uwwulā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *ūla (Old Dutch)
  - ūle (Middle Dutch)
    - uil (Dutch)
      - uil (Afrikaans)
      - ullu (Caribbean Hindustani)
*uwwulā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ūle (Old English)
  - oule, oul, owle, ule, howle, owlle (Middle English)
    - owl (English)
    - oul, ool (Scots)
*uwwulā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *ūle (Old Frisian)
  - Ule (Saterland Frisian)
  - ûle (West Frisian)
*uwwulā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ūwila, ūla (Old High German)
  - iuwele, iuwel, iule, ūle (Middle High German)
    - Üle (Alemannic German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
    - Eil (Central Franconian)
    - ? (East Central German)
    - ? (East Franconian)
    - Eule (German)
    - Eil, Il (Rhine Franconian)
*uwwulā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ūwila, ūla (Old Saxon)
  - ûle, uhle (Middle Low German)
    - Uul (German Low German)
    - Ul (Plautdietsch)
*uwwalā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *ūla (Old Dutch)
  - ūle (Middle Dutch)
    - uil (Dutch)
      - uil (Afrikaans)
      - ullu (Caribbean Hindustani)
*uwwalā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ūle (Old English)
  - oule, oul, owle, ule, howle, owlle (Middle English)
    - owl (English)
    - oul, ool (Scots)
*uwwalā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *ūle (Old Frisian)
  - Ule (Saterland Frisian)
  - ûle (West Frisian)
*uwwalā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ūwila, ūla (Old High German)
  - iuwele, iuwel, iule, ūle (Middle High German)
    - Üle (Alemannic German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
    - Eil (Central Franconian)
    - ? (East Central German)
    - ? (East Franconian)
    - Eule (German)
    - Eil, Il (Rhine Franconian)
*uwwalā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ūwila, ūla (Old Saxon)
  - ûle, uhle (Middle Low German)
    - Uul (German Low German)
    - Ul (Plautdietsch)
ugla (Old Norse)
- ugla, ugli, úla (Faroese)
- ugla (Icelandic)
- ugle, ule (Norwegian)
- yuggle (Scots)
ugla (Old Norse)
- ugglæ (Old Danish)
  - ugle (Danish)
ugla (Old Norse)
- uggla (Old Swedish)
  - uggla (Swedish)
òliba (Catalan)

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