Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. · To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail. · To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. · To utter with outcry.
The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals. · Any similar sound. · A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūilōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną, *hiuwilōną (“to howl”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”). Likely of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian huulje (“to howl”), Dutch huilen (“to cry”), Romanian a hăuli (“to howl”), Old French ouler, German Low German hulen (“to howl”), German heulen (“to howl”), Danish hyle (“to howl”), Swedish yla (“to scream, yell”), Northern Luri آلٛیر (āłir, “howl”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionhowlenenm
- Inherited-form mention*hūlianang
- Inherited-form mention*hūilōngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hūwilōnągem-pro
- Derivation mention*kū-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionhuuljestq · to howl
- Cognate mentionhuilennl · to cry
- Cognate mentiona hăuliro · to howl
- Cognate mentionoulerfro
- Cognate mentionheulende · to howl
- Cognate mentionhyleda · to howl
- Cognate mentionylasv · to scream, yell
- Cognate mentionآلٛیرlrc · howl
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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