Where does “viļceņš” come from?

viļceņš (Latgalian) comes from Latgalian vylks, from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

viļceņš (Latgalian): wolfie

Definitions

  1. wolfie

Ancestry of “viļceņš”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latgalianvylkswolf (Canis lupus)
2Proto-Balto-Slavicwilkáswolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás →Every word from Latgalian vylks →
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