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Where does “ugla” come from?
ugla (Faroese) comes from Old Norse ugla, from Proto-Germanic *uwwulǭ — owl.
ugla
(Faroese): owl
Definitions
owl
Ancestry of “ugla”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Norse
ugla
owl
2
Proto-Germanic
*uwwulǭ
owl
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