Where does “vilks” come from?

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

vilks (Latvian): wolf; 3rd person singular future indicative form...

Definitions

  1. wolf; 3rd person singular future indicative form...

Ancestry of “vilks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicwilkáswolf
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás →