Where does “oula” come from?

oula (Cornish) comes from English owl, from Middle English oule, from Old English ūle, from Proto-West Germanic *uwwulā — owl.

oula (Cornish): owl

Definitions

  1. owl

Ancestry of “oula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishowlAny of various birds of prey of the order...
2Middle Englishouleowl; An insult, especially applied to the Devil;...
3Old Englishūleowl
4Proto-West Germanic*uwwulāowl
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