Where does “wolfsklauw” come from?

wolfsklauw (Dutch) comes from Dutch klauw, from Middle Dutch clauwe, from Old Dutch klawa, from Proto-Germanic klawō, from Proto-Germanic klawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European glew-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

wolfsklauw (Dutch): a club moss; any plant of genus Lycopodium; also refers to some closely related plants formerly considered to belong to Lycopodium

Definitions

  1. a club moss; any plant of genus Lycopodium; also refers to some closely related plants formerly considered to belong to Lycopodium

Ancestry of “wolfsklauw”, step by step

wolfsklauw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch klauw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchklauwAn animal's claw; A human hand
2Middle Dutchclauwe—
3Old Dutchklawa—
4Proto-Germanicklawōclaw
5Proto-Germanicklawjanąto claw or scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeanglew-Alternative form of *gley-; to amass,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

via Dutch Wolf

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

Words derived from “wolfsklauw”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- →