The connection seems so obvious it frankly amazes me that none of the popular etymology sites reference it.... it's like they don't even bother to look at considering hebrew! Silly people.
It is interesting to point out the Malbim's explanation of אויל in משלי where he sees it deriving from the word אולי and interprets it as someone who is filled with intellectual skepticism and indecision. See there further.
[Found one. Hebrew Wikipedia mentions the connection at the end http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/Tnk1/kma/qjrim1/ewil . Ironically enough.... he's skeptic about it! Ha!]
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