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This Proto-West 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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ. Equivalent to *uwwō + *-ilā (plant and animal suffix).
Noun
*uwwilā f
- owl
- Synonyms: *hūkilā, *hūku, *hūhwilā, *hūhwō, *uwwō
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*uwwilā
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| Genitive
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*uwwilōn
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*uwwilā
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*uwwilōn
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| Accusative
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*uwwilōn
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*uwwilōn
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| Genitive
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*uwwilōn
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*uwwilōnō
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| Dative
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*uwwilōn
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*uwwilōm, *uwwilum
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| Instrumental
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*uwwilōn
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*uwwilōm, *uwwilum
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Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
- 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