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Where does “ûle” come from?

ûle (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian ūle, from Proto-West Germanic *uwwulā.

ûle (West Frisian): owl

Definitions

  1. owl

Ancestry of “ûle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianūle—
2Proto-West Germanic*uwwulā—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *uwwulā →