Where does “Wolf” come from?

Wolf (German) comes 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.

Wolf (German): wolf; the constellation Lupus; shredder, mincer

Definitions

  1. wolf; the constellation Lupus; shredder, mincer

Ancestry of “Wolf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Wolf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wulf →