Where does “Wulf” come from?

Wulf (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German wulf, from Old Saxon wulf, from Proto-West Germanic wulf, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Wulf (Plautdietsch): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “Wulf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwulf—
2Old Saxonwulfwolf
3Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
4Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wulf →