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 →Every word from Old Dutch ūwila →Every word from Middle Dutch ule →