UrsprungFrom Late Modern Swedish ugla, from Old Swedish uggla, from Old Norse ugla (compare Danish ugle, Icelandic ugla), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”) (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-. Feminine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to English owl.
Formeruggla(indefinite, nominative, singular) · ugglas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · ugglan(definite, nominative, singular) · ugglans(definite, genitive, singular) · ugglor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · ugglors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · ugglorna(definite, nominative, plural) · ugglornas(definite, genitive, plural)