English word wolf comes from Proto-Indo-European *wel, Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷós, and later Proto-Germanic *wulfaz (Wolf.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*wel | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | to wish, desire, want |
*wl̥kʷós | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*lukʷos | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*wulfaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Wolf. |
ƿulf | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | Wolf. |
wolf | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | Wolf. |
wolf | English (en) | (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously. (figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.. (music) A wolf tone or wolf note.. (obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.. A man who makes amorous advances on many women.. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.. A willying machine.. One of the [...] |