Where does “wolfram” come from?

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

wolfram (Malay): tungsten

Definitions

  1. tungsten

Ancestry of “wolfram”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwolframwolframite; tungsten
2GermanWolframtungsten
3Old High Germanwolfwolf
4Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
5Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wulf →