uil
Dutch (Brabantic)
/œy̯l/
noun
Definitions
- (birds) owl, bird of the order Strigiformes
- (insects) noctuoid, owl moth, owlet
- (insects) butterfly generic term
- (figuratively) idiot
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch ule inherited from Old Dutch *ūwila inherited from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (owl).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*uwwalǭ
Gloss
owl
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
梟
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
- Zwergohreule German
- bal Dutch, Flemish
- bos Dutch, Flemish
- bosuil Dutch, Flemish
- bril Dutch, Flemish
- kerk Dutch, Flemish
- kerkuil Dutch, Flemish
- kuiken Dutch, Flemish
- nl Dutch, Flemish
- oele Dutch, Flemish
- oelewapper Dutch, Flemish
- poot Dutch, Flemish
- ruig Dutch, Flemish
- ruigpootuil Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuw Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwuil Dutch, Flemish
- steen Dutch, Flemish
- steenuil Dutch, Flemish
- uilenbal Dutch, Flemish
- uilenbril Dutch, Flemish
- uilig Dutch, Flemish
- uilskuiken Dutch, Flemish
- veld Dutch, Flemish
- velduil Dutch, Flemish
- wapper Dutch, Flemish
- *up- Proto-Indo-European
- *uwilǭ Proto-Germanic
- *uwwalǭ 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
- ule Old English
- ūle Old English
- oule Middle English
- ugla Old Norse
- natugle Danish
- sneugle Danish
- ugle Danish
- uglebestand Danish
- ugleklo Danish
- brandugla Icelandic
- eyrugla Icelandic
- ugla Icelandic
- boschule Middle Dutch
- kerchule Middle Dutch
- ule Middle Dutch
- uwila Old High German
- ūwila Old High German
- uil Afrikaans
- ugla Faroese
- iule, iu(we)le Middle High German
- Eil Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *ūwila Old Dutch
- aul Cimbrian
- ula Old Saxon
- uwila Old Saxon
- ūla Old Saxon
- uggla Old Swedish
- *ūle Old Frisian
- uul West Flemish