Where does “Seewolf” come from?

Seewolf (German) comes from German wolf, from Middle High German wolf, from Old High German wolf, from Proto-West Germanic wulf, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Seewolf (German): wolffish

Definitions

  1. wolffish

Ancestry of “Seewolf”, step by step

Seewolf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wolf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwolfwolf
2Middle High Germanwolfwolf
3Old High Germanwolfwolf
4Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
5Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

via German see

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanseelake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷosEvery word from Proto-Germanic wulfazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic wulf