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Where does “uggla” come from?
uggla (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse ugla, from Proto-Germanic *uwwulǭ — owl.
Ancestry of “uggla”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Norse
ugla
owl
2
Proto-Germanic
*uwwulǭ
owl
Words derived from “uggla”
ugla
uggla
nattuggla
hökuggla
kattuggla
pärluggla
minervauggla
tornuggla
fjälluggla
hornuggla
jorduggla
lappuggla
slaguggla
sparvuggla
ukuli
Every word from Proto-Germanic *uwwulǭ →
Every word from Old Norse ugla →
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