Where does “wolf” come from?

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

wolf (Middle High German): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “wolf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wolf”

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