fowel

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fowele, foul, foghel, fuȝel, foȝel, foughel, fouel, fowl

Etymology

From Old English fugol, from Proto-West Germanic *fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuːəl/, (Northern) /ˈfyːəl/

Noun

fowel (plural fowels)

1. bird

Descendants

• English: fowl
• Scots: foul, fule
• Yola: fowlès (plural)

References

• “fǒul, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.