Where does “Vilks” come from?
Vilks (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.
Ancestry of “Vilks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | wilkás | wolf |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | wĺ̥kʷos | wolf |