Where does “wolf” come from?

wolf (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch Wolf, from Middle Dutch wolf, from Old Dutch wulf, from Proto-West Germanic wulf, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

wolf (Afrikaans): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “wolf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchWolfLupus
2Middle Dutchwolfwolf, grey wolf
3Old Dutchwulfwolf
4Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
5Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “wolf

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos