Where does “Woif” come from?

Woif (Bavarian) 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.

Woif (Bavarian): wolf, Canis lupus

Definitions

  1. wolf, Canis lupus

Ancestry of “Woif”, 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 →
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