Where does “vilkolakis” come from?

vilkolakis (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian vilkas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

vilkolakis (Lithuanian): werewolf

Definitions

  1. werewolf

Ancestry of “vilkolakis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianvilkaswolf
2Proto-Balto-Slavicwilkáswolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás →Every word from Lithuanian vilkas →