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
Ancestry of “wolf”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | wolf | wolf |
| 2 | Old High German | wolf | wolf |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | wulf | wolf |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wulfaz | wolf |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wĺ̥kʷos | wolf |