Where does “വൃകം” come from?

വൃകം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit वृक, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

വൃകം (Malayalam): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “വൃകം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवृकa wolf; plough; thunderbolt
2Proto-Indo-Iranianwŕ̥kaswolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas →Every word from Sanskrit वृक →