Huu

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German hūh, from Proto-West Germanic *hūō (“owl”). Cognate with German Uhu (“eagle owl”), Dutch huilen (“to cry, weep; to howl”), English howl.

Noun

Huu m

1. (Uri) owl, especially the Eurasian eagle owl

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 25.