Where does “Wulfnoþ” come from?

Wulfnoþ (Old English) comes from Old English wulf, from Proto-West Germanic wulf, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Ancestry of “Wulfnoþ”, step by step

Wulfnoþ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wulf

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

via Old English nōþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnōþ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wulf →