Where does “uil” come from?

uil (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch uil, from Middle Dutch ule, from Old Dutch ūwila, from Proto-West Germanic *uwwulā — owl.

uil (Afrikaans): owl, bird of the order Strigiformes

Definitions

  1. owl, bird of the order Strigiformes

Ancestry of “uil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchuilowl, bird of the order Strigiformes; noctuoid,...
2Middle Dutchule—
3Old Dutchūwila—
4Proto-West Germanic*uwwulāowl

Words derived from “uil”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *uwwulā →Every word from Old Dutch ūwila →Every word from Middle Dutch ule →