Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hūhwilā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *hūhwō +‎ *-ilā (plant and animal suffix).

Noun

*hūhwilā f

owl
Synonyms: *hūkilā, *hūku, *hūhwō, *uwwilā, *uwwō

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hūhwilā
Genitive	*hūhwilōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hūhwilā	*hūhwilōn
Accusative	*hūhwilōn	*hūhwilōn
Genitive	*hūhwilōn	*hūhwilōnō
Dative	*hūhwilōn	hūhwilōm, hūhwilum
Instrumental	*hūhwilōn	hūhwilōm, hūhwilum

Descendants

Old English: *hūle, *hūile
- Middle English: howle
- Scots: howle, houll
- ⇒? Old English: hūilpa
Old High German: hūwila
- Middle High German: hūwel, hiuwel

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