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Where does “wolfer” come from?

wolfer (English) comes from English Wolf, from Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, from Proto-West Germanic wulf, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

wolfer (English): One who devours food greedily; One who hunts and...

Definitions

  1. One who devours food greedily; One who hunts and...

Ancestry of “wolfer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWolf—
2Middle Englishwolfwolf, lupine; terrifying person
3Old Englishwulfwolf
4Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
5Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
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