Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uwwalǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*uwwilǭ; *uwilǭ (West Germanic)

Etymology

From *uwwô (“eagle-owl”) +‎ *-ilǭ (diminutive suffix). Probably ultimately of imitative origin, like *hūwô (“owl”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuw.wɑ.lɔ̃ː/

Noun

*uwwalǭ f

owl

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *uwwalǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*uwwalǭ	*uwwalōniz
vocative	*uwwalǭ	*uwwalōniz
accusative	*uwwalōnų	*uwwalōnunz
genitive	*uwwalōniz	*uwwalōnǫ̂
dative	*uwwalōni	*uwwalōmaz
instrumental	*uwwalōnē	*uwwalōmiz

Descendants

Old English: ūle
- Middle English: oule, owle, ule, howle, owlle, oul
  - English: owl
  - Scots: owle, oule, ool
Old Frisian: *ūle
- Saterland Frisian: Uule
- West Frisian: ûle
Old Saxon: ūwila, ūla
- Middle Low German: ûle
  - German Low German: Uul
Old Dutch: ūla
- Middle Dutch: ūle
  - Dutch: uil
    - Afrikaans: uil
Old High German: ūwila
- Middle High German: iuwele, iuwel, iule
  - Cimbrian: aul
  - German: Eule
  - Luxembourgish: Eli
Old Norse: ugla
- Icelandic: ugla
- Faroese: ugla, ugli, úla
- Norwegian: ugle, ule
- Old Swedish: uggla
  - Swedish: uggla
- Danish: ugle
- Westrobothnian: øgel, ögäl
- Scots: yuggle
→ Catalan: òliba

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