Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hūwilōną
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately of imitative origin. Said by Pokorny to be from Proto-Indo-European *kū-,[1] but others dispute this.[2] Also compare *heufaną (“to lament”), *uwwalǭ (“owl”) and *hūwô.
Pronunciation
Verb
*hūwilōną
Inflection
Conjugation of *hūwilōną (weak class 2)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “535-36”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 535-36
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “huilen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute