Where does “geldwolf” come from?

geldwolf (Dutch) 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.

geldwolf (Dutch): greedhead, somebody who is greedy for money

Definitions

  1. greedhead, somebody who is greedy for money

Ancestry of “geldwolf”, step by step

geldwolf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Wolf

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

via Dutch geld

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgeldmoney; not pregnant; male
2Middle Dutchgelde—
3Old Norsegeldryielding no milk, dry; barren, yielding no milk
4Proto-Germanicgaldaz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰel-to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wulf →