Where does “vėlks” come from?
vėlks (Samogitian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.
vėlks (Samogitian): wolf
Ancestry of “vėlks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | wilkás | wolf |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | wĺ̥kʷos | wolf |