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Where does “Ulfr” come from?

Ulfr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Ulfr (Old Norse): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “Ulfr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “Ulfr”

  • Ulf
  • ulv
  • ulv
  • ulv
  • Ulf
  • ulv
  • ógnarúlfur
  • gramúlfur
  • úlfur
  • Úlfr
  • úlvur
  • Ulf
  • ulver
  • ulf
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