wilkis

Old Prussian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognate with Lithuanian vil̃kas, Latvian vilks and Proto-Slavic *vь̑lkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwʲê̝ɫkəs̪/

Noun

wilkis m

  1. (zoology) wolf

References

  • Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “wilkis”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
  • G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “wilkis”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 205
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