Where does “wolvish” come from?
wolvish (English) comes from English wolves, 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.
wolvish (English): Archaic spelling of wolfish
Definitions
- Archaic spelling of wolfish
Ancestry of “wolvish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wolves | plural of wolf; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | wolf | The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the... |
| 3 | Middle English | wolf | wolf, lupine; terrifying person |
| 4 | Old English | wulf | wolf |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wulf | wolf |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wulfaz | wolf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wĺ̥kʷos | wolf |