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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wulfaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *wúlkʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. The *f is unexplained; the expected formation would be *wulhwaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwul.ɸɑz/
Noun
*wulfaz m
- wolf
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *wulfaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *wulfaz | *wulfōz, *wulfōs | |
vocative | *wulf | *wulfōz, *wulfōs | |
accusative | *wulfą | *wulfanz | |
genitive | *wulfas, *wulfis | *wulfǫ̂ | |
dative | *wulfai | *wulfamaz | |
instrumental | *wulfō | *wulfamiz |
Derived terms
- *Wulfagaizaz
- *Wulfagangaz
- *Wulfarīks
- *Audawulfaz
- *Aþalawulfaz
- *Gunþiwulfaz
- *Hariwulfaz, *Harjawulfaz
- *Haþuwulfaz
- *Heruwulfaz
- *Hrōþiwulfaz
- *Landawulfaz
- *Nanþawulfaz
- *Rēdawulfaz
- *Uzdawulfaz
- *Wiljawulfaz
Related terms
- *wulgī
- *wulbī
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wulf
- Old English: wulf
- Middle English: wolf, wulf, woulf, wolfe
- English: wolf
- → Ido: volfo (also from German)
- Scots: wolf, woulf, wouff
- English: wolf
- Middle English: wolf, wulf, woulf, wolfe
- Old Frisian: wolf
- Saterland Frisian: Wulf
- West Frisian: wolf
- Old Saxon: wulf
- Middle Low German: wulf
- Low German:
- German Low German:
- Hamburgisch: Wulf
- Westphalian:
- Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Wulf
- Suerländer-Märkisch: Wulf
- Westmünsterländisch: Wulf
- German Low German:
- Plautdietsch: Wulf
- Low German:
- Middle Low German: wulf
- Old Dutch: *wulf
- Middle Dutch: wolf
- Dutch: wolf
- Afrikaans: wolf
- Jersey Dutch: wâlf
- Negerhollands: wuluwuluk
- → Virgin Islands Creole: wuluwuluk (dated)
- Limburgish: wólf
- Dutch: wolf
- Middle Dutch: wolf
- Old High German: wolf
- Middle High German: wolf
- Alemannic German: wolf (Italian Walser)
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: bolf
- Mòcheno: bolf
- Udinese: bolf, bölf
- German: Wolf
- Hunsrik: Wollef
- Luxembourgish: Wollef
- Pennsylvania German: Wolf
- Vilamovian: wūf
- Yiddish: וואָלף (volf)
- Middle High German: wolf
- Old English: wulf
- Proto-Norse: *ᚹᚢᛚᚠᚨᛉ (*wulfaʀ)
- Old Norse: ulfr, úlfr
- Icelandic: úlfur
- Faroese: úlvur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ulv; (dialectal) úv’e, olv, ålv
- Norwegian Bokmål: ulv
- Elfdalian: ulv
- Old Swedish: ulver
- Swedish: ulv
- Old Danish: ulv
- Danish: ulv
- Gutnish: ulv, ålv
- Old Norse: ulfr, úlfr
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃 (wulfs)