Where does “wūf” come from?

wūf (Vilamovian) comes from Middle English wyfle, from Old English wifel, from Proto-West Germanic *wibil, from Proto-Germanic wibilaz, from Proto-Indo-European webʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

wūf (Vilamovian): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “wūf”, step by step

wūf traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English wyfle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwyfleweapon
2Old EnglishwifelBeetle
3Proto-West Germanic*wibilbeetle, weevil
4Proto-Germanicwibilaz{{l|en|weevil}}; weevil
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰel-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

via Middle High German wolf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwolfwolf
2Old High Germanwolfwolf
3Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
4Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

via Old Frisian wīf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianwīfwoman
2Proto-West Germanicwībwoman; wife
3Proto-Germanicwībąwoman; wife
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰwíh₂bʰ-shame, pudenda
Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wibilaz →