- ul-
- ul-English meaning: to howlDeutsche Übersetzung: Schallwz. “heulen”Note: various redupl. ulul-Material: O.Ind. úlūka- m. = Lat. (glO.S.S.) ulucus “Kauz, owl “; O.Ind. ululí-, ulūlú - “ululabilis, ululatus”, Gk. ὑλάω, ὑλακτέω “bark”, Lat. ululüre “howl”, ulula f. “Kauz”, maybe Alb. (*ululüre) ulëras, ulërij “howl”. Lith. ulula bañ gos “es heulen die waves, billows”, ulūló ti, ulóti “hallo call, shout, cry”, ulbúoti, ùlbauti “call, shout, cry, sing, cry”; but O.Ir. ilach “clamor” (*eluko-), M.Ir. also ulach ds., Ir. olchobhchán, ulchobhchán, ulgadán “owl “ probably to el-, ol-.References: WP. I 194, WH. II 813 f.; compare el-, ol- S. 306.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.