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Where does “Ujkan” come from?

Ujkan (Albanian) comes from Albanian ujk, from Proto-Albanian ulka, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Ancestry of “Ujkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianujkwolf
2Proto-Albanianulkawolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “Ujkan”

  • Ulkan
  • Ujkash
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