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Where does “wolframic” come from?

wolframic (English) comes from English wolfram, from German Wolfram, from Old High German wolf, from Proto-West Germanic wulf, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

wolframic (English): Of or pertaining to wolfram

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to wolfram

Ancestry of “wolframic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwolframwolframite; tungsten
2GermanWolframtungsten
3Old High Germanwolfwolf
4Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
5Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
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