Huu
Alemannic German
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Etymology
[edit]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
[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.
Categories:
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Alemannic German lemmas
- Alemannic German nouns
- Alemannic German masculine nouns
- Urner Alemannic German
- gsw:Owls
- gsw:Birds of prey