Huu
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German hūh, from Proto-Germanic *hūwô (“owl”). Cognate with German Uhu (“eagle owl”), Dutch huilen (“to cry, weep; to howl”), English howl.
Noun edit
Huu m
- (Uri) owl, especially the Eurasian eagle owl
References edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 25.