Where does “Wulf” come from?

Wulf (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian wolf, from Proto-West Germanic wulf, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Wulf (Saterland Frisian): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “Wulf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianwolf—
2Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
3Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wulf →