u-1

    u-1

    English meaning: expr. root

    Deutsche Übersetzung: in Schallworten

    Material: A. As imitation of Eulenrufes: UrGmc. *uwwōn in Swiss huw(e), hu(e) “owl “; Deminut. *uwwilōn in O.H.G. ūwila, M.H.G. iuwel, iule, Ger. owl, O.E. ȳl-twist “Vogelfalle” (with Lockeule), besides *uwwalōn in O.H.G. MN Ūl-, M.L.G. nd. O.E. ūle, nnl. uil, Eng. owl, O.Ice. ugla; compare Ger. Uhu (md.) and (with p-Erweit.) Gmc. *ūf- in O.Ice. ūfr, O.E. ūf, abO.Ir. ūvo, bO.Ir.-Austrian auf; in addition Ltv. ũpis “Uhu”, ũpêt “cry (from Eulen and Tauben)”, Lith. ùpas “Echo”, aRuss. vyplь, Church Slavic vypъ “ seagull”, Russ. vyp m., vypь f. “ bittern “ (somewhat different Ltv. ūbuô t “ coo, from Tauben”, ūbele “turtledove”); compare O.Ind. uhū́ - ‘schreiend” and Lat. ulula “Kauz” under ul-. B. k-extension uk-, euk-: O.Ir. uch “wehe!” and ‘sigh”, M.Ir. also och, ach ds.; vielleichtGoth. auhjōn “rant, roister”, auhjōdus “din, fuss, noise, Getũmmel” (áu, aú?), Ltv. aũka “whirlwind”, O.Pruss. aukis “Greif”, Lith. apúokas “Nachteule”, Ltv. ūkšuot “ jubilate “, Serb. ukati, učati “hu call, shout, cry”, ȕka “clamor”.

    References: WP. I 187, WH. I 119, Trautmann 335, Vasmer 1, 226, 240, Kluge-Götze16 182, 881 f., Mũhlenbach-Endzelin 4, 409.