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

  • (file)

Noun

uggla c

  1. owl
    Synonym: uv

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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