Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hūwilōną

This Proto-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.

• *hūwulōną, *hūlōną, *hiuwilōną

Ultimately of imitative origin. Said by Pokorny to be from Proto-Indo-European *kū-,^[1] but others dispute this.^[2] Also compare *heufaną (“to lament”), *uwwalǭ (“owl”) and Proto-West Germanic *hūō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuːwi.lɔː.nɑ̃/

*hūwilōną

1. to howl; scream

• Proto-West Germanic: *hūilōn, *hūlōn
  • Old English: *hūlian
    • Middle English: howlen, howlyn, hulen
      • English: howl
      • Scots: howl
      • Yola: hol
  • Old Frisian: *hūlia
    • Saterland Frisian: huulje
    • West Frisian: huilje
  • Old Saxon: *hūwilōn, *hūlōn
    • Middle Low German: hü̂len, hûlen
      • German Low German: hulen
      • → Danish: hyle
      • → Norwegian:
        • Norwegian Bokmål: hyle
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: hyla
      • → Swedish: hyla
  • Old Dutch: *hūlon
    • Middle Dutch: hulen
      • Dutch: huilen
        • Afrikaans: huil
        • Negerhollands: hyelen, hyel
      • Limburgish: hule
  • Old High German: hūwilōn, hūlōn; hiuwilōn, hiwilōn
    • Middle High German: hūwelen, hūwlen, hūlen; hiuwelen, hiulen, hielen
      • Alemannic German: hüüwle
      • German: heulen
  • → Old French: uller, ouler
• Old Norse: ýla, úla
  • Icelandic: ýla
  • Faroese: ýla
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: yla, ula
  • Swedish: yla