howl is so clearly old English it's funny (well Middle English but I call it old because I am not a pedant or professional). Moon is also old English but it is

howl is so clearly old English it's funny (well Middle English but I call it old because I am not a pedant or professional). Moon is also old English but it is related to other words from other languages and comes from some far off proto language. So moon doesn't give the same feeling of look at that old timey word that howl does.