Uhu
German (Berlin)
/ˈuːhu/
noun
Definitions
- Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo (bird, owl species)
Etymology
Derived from Middle High German hūwe derived from Old High German hūwo (owl, nightowl) derived from Proto-Germanic *hūwô (owl) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱawā- (a bird, owl, mew), *ḱaw- (howl, screech).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱaw-
Gloss
howl, screech
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fernowl English
- hornowl English
- owl English
- owlbear English
- owlery English
- owlet English
- owlfly English
- owlful English
- owling English
- owlish English
- owlism English
- owllight English
- owllike English
- owly English
- wereowl English
- ukuli Finnish
- Eule German
- Nachteule German
- Schleiereule German
- Schneeeule German
- Uhüchen German
- Zwergohreule German
- oehoe Dutch, Flemish
- oehoeën Dutch, Flemish
- hibou French
- *ḱaw- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱawā- Proto-Indo-European
- *hūwô Proto-Germanic
- fjälluggla Swedish
- hornuggla Swedish
- hökuggla Swedish
- jorduggla Swedish
- kattuggla Swedish
- lappuggla Swedish
- minervauggla Swedish
- nattuggla Swedish
- pärluggla Swedish
- slaguggla Swedish
- sparvuggla Swedish
- tornuggla Swedish
- uggla Swedish
- oule Middle English
- ugla Old Norse
- natugle Danish
- sneugle Danish
- ugle Danish
- uglebestand Danish
- ugleklo Danish
- brandugla Icelandic
- eyrugla Icelandic
- ugla Icelandic
- hūh Old High German
- hūwo Old High German
- ūwila Old High German
- ugla Faroese
- hūwe Middle High German
- Huu Alemannic German
- huuenliicht Alemannic German
- uggla Old Swedish