Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hūwilōną
Proto-Germanic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately of imitative origin. Said by Pokorny to be from Proto-Indo-European *kū-,[1] but others dispute this.[2] Also compare *heufaną (“to lament”), *uwwalǭ (“owl”) and *hūwô.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*hūwilōną
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *hūwilōną (weak class 2)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *hūwilōn, *hūwulōn, *hūwlōn, *hūlōn
- Old Norse: ýla, úla
References edit
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “535-36”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 535-36
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “huilen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute