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Where does “Arnolfo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Arnolfo”, step by step

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