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Where does “wolf” come from?

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

Ancestry of “wolf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
2Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “wolf”

  • wolf
  • Wulf
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