Where does “wolfaboo” come from?

wolfaboo (English) comes from Yola aboo, from Middle English aboven, from Old English ābufan, from Old English bufan, from Proto-West Germanic *biobanā, from Proto-West Germanic *obanā, from Proto-Germanic ubanē, from Proto-Germanic upp.

wolfaboo (English): Someone who is obsessed with wolves and identifies with them, especially a furry or otherkin

Definitions

  1. Someone who is obsessed with wolves and identifies with them, especially a furry or otherkin

Ancestry of “wolfaboo”, step by step

wolfaboo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yola aboo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yolaabooabove
2Middle Englishabovenabove
3Old Englishābufanabove
4Old Englishbufanabove
5Proto-West Germanic*biobanā
6Proto-West Germanic*obanāfrom above
7Proto-Germanicubanēfrom above
8Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
9Proto-Germanicubunder
10Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

via English Wolf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWolfThe constellation Lupus
2Middle Englishwolfwolf, lupine; terrifying person
3Old Englishwulfwolf
4Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
5Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Germanic ub