Where does “वृक” come from?

वृक (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

वृक (Sanskrit): a wolf; plough; thunderbolt

Definitions

  1. a wolf; plough; thunderbolt

Ancestry of “वृक”, step by step

वृक traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianwŕ̥kaswolf
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

via Proto-Indo-Aryan wŕ̥kas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanwŕ̥kas—

Words derived from “वृक”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas →