Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To utter a yowl. · To express by yowling; to utter with a yowl.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
From Middle English youlen, goulen, from Old Norse gaula (“to low, bellow, howl, scream”), related to Icelandic gaula (“to yell, howl, roar”), Faroese geyla (“to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow”), Norwegian gaule (“to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily”), dialectal Swedish gjöla, Scots gowl (“to howl, yell, roar”), Shetlandic Scots gjol. Initial y- possibly influenced by Middle English yollen, yellen (“to yell”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionyoulenenm
- Derivation mentiongaulanon · to low, bellow, howl, scream
- Cognate mentiongaulais · to yell, howl, roar
- Cognate mentiongeylafo · to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow
- Cognate mentiongauleno · to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily
- Cognate mentiongjölasv
- Cognate mentiongowlsco · to howl, yell, roar
- Cognate mentiongjolsco
- Non-cognate comparisonyollenenm
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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