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

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

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