Where does “Wolframcarbid” come from?

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

Wolframcarbid (German): tungsten carbide

Definitions

  1. tungsten carbide

Ancestry of “Wolframcarbid”, step by step

Wolframcarbid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wolfram

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

via German Carbid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanCarbidcarbide
2EnglishcarbideAny binary compound of carbon and a more...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wulf →