Where does “wolf” come from?

Wolf descends from Old English wulf, from Proto-West Germanic wulf, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos, all denoting the carnivorous animal.

wolf (English): The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the...

Definitions

  1. The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the...

Ancestry of “wolf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwolfwolf, lupine; terrifying person
2Old Englishwulfwolf
3Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
4Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “wolf

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos
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