Where does “volframs” come from?

volframs (Latvian) comes from German Wolfram, from Old High German wolf, from Proto-West Germanic wulf, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

volframs (Latvian): tungsten

Definitions

  1. tungsten

Ancestry of “volframs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWolframtungsten
2Old High Germanwolfwolf
3Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
4Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wulf →