Inherited from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic *okelos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Compare Occitan uèlh, French œil, Spanish ojo, Portuguese olho, Italian occhio. Doublet of òcul, a borrowing from Latin.
ull m (plural ulls)
From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).
ull f (genitive singular ullar, plural ullir)
Declension of ull | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ull | ullin | ullir | ullirnar |
accusative | ull | ullina | ullir | ullirnar |
dative | ull | ullini | ullum | ullunum |
genitive | ullar | ullarinnar | ulla | ullanna |
From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).
ull f (genitive singular ullar, no plural)
From the verb ulla (“stick one's tongue out”).
ull n (genitive singular ulls, nominative plural ull)
From Proto-Finnic *hullu.
ull
From Proto-Finnic *ulko-, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ulka-.
ull
From Proto-Finnic *ulvodak. Cognate with Finnish ulvoa.
ull
From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō.
ull f or m (definite singular ulla or ullen, uncountable)
From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō f, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ f. Cognates include Danish uld, English wool, German Wolle, Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla), Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos), Irish olann, Latin lāna, Lithuanian vìlna, Polish wełna, Russian волна (volna), Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ūrṇā).
ull f (definite singular ulla, uncountable)
From Proto-Germanic *wullō, whence also Old English wull (English wool), Old Frisian wolle, Old High German wolla (German Wolle), Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla).
ull f (genitive ullar)
From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.
ull c
Declension of ull | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | ull | ullen | — | — |
Genitive | ulls | ullens | — | — |