Proto-Germanic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *uwwô (“eagle-owl”) + *-ilǭ (diminutive suffix). Probably ultimately of imitative origin, like *hūwô (“owl”).
Pronunciation[edit]
*uwwalǭ f
- owl
Inflection[edit]
ōn-stemDeclension of *uwwalǭ (ōn-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*uwwalǭ
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*uwwalōniz
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vocative
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*uwwalǭ
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*uwwalōniz
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accusative
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*uwwalōnų
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*uwwalōnunz
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genitive
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*uwwalōniz
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*uwwalōnǫ̂
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dative
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*uwwalōni
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*uwwalōmaz
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instrumental
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*uwwalōnē
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*uwwalōmiz
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Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *uwwilā, *uwwulā, *uwwalā
- Old English: ūle
- Old Frisian: *ūle
- Saterland Frisian: Ule
- West Frisian: ûle
- Old Saxon: ūwila, ūla
- Middle Low German: ûle, uhle
- German Low German: Uul
- Plautdietsch: Ul
- Old Dutch: ūla
- Middle Dutch: ūle
- Dutch: uil
- Afrikaans: uil
- → Caribbean Hindustani: ullu
- Old High German: ūwila, ūla
- Middle High German: iuwele, iuwel, iule, ūle
- Alemannic German: Üle
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: aul
- Central Franconian: Eil
- Hunsrik: Eil
- Luxembourgish: Eil
- Ripuarian: Üül
- East Central German:
- Upper Saxon German:
- Vilamovian: aojł
- East Franconian:
- German: Eule
- Rhine Franconian: Eil, Il
- Frankfurterisch: [ail], (newer) [oil]
- Pennsylvania German: Eil
- Old Norse: ugla
- Gothic: *𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍉 (*uggwilō)
- → Catalan: òliba