Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wulf

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wulfaz.

Noun

*wulf m

  1. wolf

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *wulf
Genitive *wolfas
Singular Plural
Nominative *wulf *wolfō, *wolfōs
Accusative *wulf *wolfā
Genitive *wolfas *wolfō
Dative *wulfē *wulfum
Instrumental *wulfu *wulfum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: wulf
    • Middle English: wolf, wolfe, woulf, wulf
      • English: wolf
        • Ido: volfo (also from German)
        • Marshallese: oļip
      • Middle Scots: wolf, woulf
  • 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
      • Plautdietsch: Wulf
  • Old Dutch: *wulf
    • Middle Dutch: wolf
      • Dutch: wolf
        • Afrikaans: wolf
        • Jersey Dutch: wâlf
        • Negerhollands: wuluwuluk
          • Virgin Islands Creole: wuluwuluk (dated)
      • Limburgish: wólf
  • Old High German: wolf