Huu

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German hūh, from Proto-Germanic *hūwô (“owl”). Cognate with German Uhu (“eagle owl”), Dutch huilen (“to cry, weep; to howl”), English howl.

Noun

Huu m

(Uri) The Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo.

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co. Page 25.

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