Where does “vilcēns” come from?

vilcēns (Latvian) comes from Latvian Vilks, from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

vilcēns (Latvian): baby wolf, puppy

Definitions

  1. baby wolf, puppy

Ancestry of “vilcēns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianVilkswolf esp
2Proto-Balto-Slavicwilkáswolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás →Every word from Latvian Vilks →