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