Where does “vilcene” come from?

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

vilcene (Latvian): female wolf, she-wolf

Definitions

  1. female wolf, she-wolf

Ancestry of “vilcene”, 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 →
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