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Where does “ugla” come from?
ugla (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish uggla, from Old Norse ugla, from Proto-Germanic *uwwulǭ — owl.
Ancestry of “ugla”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Swedish
uggla
—
2
Old Norse
ugla
owl
3
Proto-Germanic
*uwwulǭ
owl
Words derived from “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 →
Every word from Old Swedish uggla →