Where does “Wolframit” come from?

Wolframit (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.

Wolframit (German): wolframite

Definitions

  1. wolframite

Ancestry of “Wolframit”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Wolframit”

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