Where does “vėlks” come from?

vėlks (Samogitian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

vėlks (Samogitian): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “vėlks”, step by step

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