Where does “wilkis” come from?

wilkis (Old Prussian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

wilkis (Old Prussian): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “wilkis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicwilkáswolf
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás →