Where does “ransule” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ransule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchule
2Old Dutchūwila
3Proto-West Germanic*uwwulāowl
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *uwwulā
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