Where does “wolf” come from?

wolf (Alemannic German) comes from Middle High German wolf, from Old High German wolf, from Proto-West Germanic wulf, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

wolf (Alemannic German): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “wolf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwolfwolf
2Old High Germanwolfwolf
3Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
4Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wulf →