uwila

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ūla

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uwwilā, from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ, whence also Old English ūle, Old Norse ugla.

Noun

ūwila f

1. owl

Descendants

• 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 Saxon

Alternative forms

• ūla

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ, whence also Old English ūle, Old Norse ugla.

Noun

ūwila f

1. owl

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ûle, uhle
  • German Low German: Uul
  • Plautdietsch: Ul