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SWEDISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

uv.

owl, usually Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)

2 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʉːv/
  1. owl, usually Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Late Modern Swedish uf (“eagle owl”), from Old Swedish ūver, from Old Norse úfr, from Proto-Germanic *ūfaz, *ūfōn (compare Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-. Masculine in Late Modern Swedish.

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