Where does “వృకము” come from?

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

వృకము (Telugu): wolf; dog

Definitions

  1. wolf; dog

Ancestry of “వృకము”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवृकa wolf; plough; thunderbolt
2Proto-Indo-Iranianwŕ̥kaswolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas →Every word from Sanskrit वृक →