Where does “wolfsicle” come from?

wolfsicle (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.

wolfsicle (English): A cold or frozen wolf

Definitions

  1. A cold or frozen wolf

Ancestry of “wolfsicle”, step by step

wolfsicle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Wolf

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

via English sicle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsicleA shekel
2Frenchsicleshekel weight
3Latinsiclusshekel
4Hebrewשֶׁקֶלsheqel; shekel
5Akkadianšiqlumshekel
6Proto-Semiticṯqlto weigh; burden, weight
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