Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/uwwilā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ. Equivalent to *uwwō +‎ *-ilā (plant and animal suffix).

Noun

*uwwilā f

1. owl

   Synonyms: *hūkilā, *hūku, *hūhwilā, *hūhwō, *uwwō

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*uwwilā
Genitive	*uwwilōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*uwwilā	*uwwilōn
Accusative	*uwwilōn	*uwwilōn
Genitive	*uwwilōn	*uwwilōnō
Dative	*uwwilōn	*uwwilōm, *uwwilum
Instrumental	*uwwilōn	*uwwilōm, *uwwilum

Alternative reconstructions

• *uwwulā, *uwwalā

Descendants

• Old English: ūle
  • Middle English: oule, oul, owle, ule, howle, owlle
    • English: owl
    • Scots: oul, ool
• Old Frisian: *ūle
  • Saterland Frisian: Ule
  • West Frisian: ûle
• Old Saxon: ūwila, ūla
  • Middle Low German: ûle, uhle
    • German Low German: Uul
    • Plautdietsch: Ul
• Old Dutch: ūla
  • Middle Dutch: ūle
    • Dutch: uil
      • Afrikaans: uil
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: ullu
• Old High German: ūwila, ūla
  • 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