Where does “Hyrcan” come from?

Hyrcan (French) comes from Middle French Hyrcan, from Latin Hyrcānus, from Ancient Greek Ὑρκανός, from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴, from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣, from Proto-Iranian wŕ̥kah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Ancestry of “Hyrcan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle FrenchHyrcan
2LatinHyrcānus
3Ancient GreekὙρκανόςHyrcanian
4Old Persian𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴Gorgan; Vahrkana old city
5Old Persian𐎺𐎼𐎣wolf
6Proto-Iranianwŕ̥kahwolf
7Proto-Indo-Iranianwŕ̥kaswolf
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷosEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kasEvery word from Proto-Iranian wŕ̥kah