Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uwwalǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

  • *uwwulǭ, *uwwilǭ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuw.wɑ.lɔ̃ː/

Noun

*uwwalǭ f

  1. owl

Inflection

Declension 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

  • Proto-West Germanic: *uwwilā, *uwwulā, *uwwalā
    • Old English: ūle
      • Middle English: oule, oul, owle, ule, howle, owlle
    • 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
  • → Catalan: òliba
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