Where does “گرگ” come from?

گرگ (Persian) comes from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢, from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣, from Proto-Iranian wŕ̥kah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

گرگ (Persian): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “گرگ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persian𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢wolf
2Old Persian𐎺𐎼𐎣wolf
3Proto-Iranianwŕ̥kahwolf
4Proto-Indo-Iranianwŕ̥kaswolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas →Every word from Proto-Iranian wŕ̥kah →