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Where does “volframio” come from?

volframio (Spanish) comes from Spanish wolframio, from German Wolfram, from Old High German wolf, from Proto-West Germanic wulf, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

volframio (Spanish): Alternative spelling of wolframio

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of wolframio

Ancestry of “volframio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishwolframiotungsten; wolfram
2GermanWolframtungsten
3Old High Germanwolfwolf
4Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
5Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
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