Where does “βολφράμιο” come from?

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

βολφράμιο (Greek): tungsten, wolfram

Definitions

  1. tungsten, wolfram

Ancestry of “βολφράμιο”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWolframtungsten
2Old High Germanwolfwolf
3Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
4Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wulf →