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

  1. (Uri) owl, especially the Eurasian eagle owl

References
  • “Huu” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 25.
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