Etymology of the English word wolf
the English word
wolfderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wl₀kʷo-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wulfazDerivations in English
wolvering,
wolffish,
wolfhound,
wolfish,
wolfman,
wolfberry,
wolverCognates
Dutch
welven, Dutch
wolf, German
wölben, Icelandic
hvelfast, Icelandic
úlfur, Swedish
välva, Swedish
ulfUsage
Word found in Modern English
