Where does “wjelk” come from?

wjelk (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

wjelk (Lower Sorbian): wolf; dry rot

Definitions

  1. wolf; dry rot

Ancestry of “wjelk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvьlkъwolf
2Proto-Balto-Slavicwilkáswolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “wjelk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás →Every word from Proto-Slavic vьlkъ →