Where does “ylgr” come from?

ylgr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic wulgī, from Proto-Germanic wulgwī́, from Proto-Indo-European wl̥kʷ-íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

ylgr (Old Norse): she-wolf

Definitions

  1. she-wolf

Ancestry of “ylgr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwulgīshe-wolf
2Proto-Germanicwulgwī́—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwl̥kʷ-íh₂she-wolf
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wl̥kʷ-íh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulgwī́ →