Where does “uile” come from?
uile (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans uil, from Dutch uil, from Middle Dutch ule, from Old Dutch ūwila, from Proto-West Germanic *uwwulā.
uile (Afrikaans): plural of uil
Ancestry of “uile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Afrikaans | uil | owl, bird of the order Strigiformes |
| 2 | Dutch | uil | owl, bird of the order Strigiformes; noctuoid,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | ule | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | ūwila | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *uwwulā | — |