Where does “wilkowór” come from?

wilkowór (Polish) comes from Polish Wilk, from Old Polish wilk, from Proto-Slavic vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

wilkowór (Polish): any thylacinid of the genus Thylacinus

Definitions

  1. any thylacinid of the genus Thylacinus

Ancestry of “wilkowór”, step by step

wilkowór traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish Wilk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishWilkLupus
2Old Polishwilkwolf
3Proto-Slavicvьlkъwolf
4Proto-Balto-Slavicwilkáswolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

via Polish wór

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishwórAugmentative of worek; large bag, sack; under-eye...
2Proto-Slavicvorъ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás →Every word from Proto-Slavic vьlkъ →