Where does “Ruodolf” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Ruodolf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High GermanRuodolf—
2Old High Germanwolfwolf
3Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
4Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “Ruodolf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wulf →