uggla
Swedish
Etymology
From Late Modern Swedish ugla, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Norse ugla (compare Danish ugle, Icelandic ugla), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”) (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-. Feminine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to English owl.
Pronunciation
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Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
See also
- ana ugglor i mossen
- fånga uggla
- hoa
Further reading
- uggla in Svensk ordbok.
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