Where does “Wolfram” come from?

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

Wolfram (German): tungsten

Definitions

  1. tungsten

Ancestry of “Wolfram”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Wolfram”

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