Where does “ugle” come from?

ugle (Danish) comes from Old Danish ugglæ, from Old Norse ugla, from Proto-Germanic *uwwulǭ — owl.

ugle (Danish): owl, "Strigiformes"; owlet moth, "Noctuidae";...

Definitions

  1. owl, "Strigiformes"; owlet moth, "Noctuidae";...

Ancestry of “ugle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishugglæ—
2Old Norseuglaowl
3Proto-Germanic*uwwulǭowl

Words derived from “ugle”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *uwwulǭ →Every word from Old Norse ugla →Every word from Old Danish ugglæ →