Where does “wulf” come from?

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

Ancestry of “wulf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wulf

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷosEvery word from Proto-Germanic wulfazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic wulf
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