*wulfaz

Runic: ᚹᚢᛚᚠᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwul.ɸɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

wolf

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *wúlpos, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (‘wolf’). Changes: *wúlkʷos > *wúlpos > *wulfaz (analogically: *pénkʷe > *pémpe > *fimf). If *wúlkʷos didn't change to *wúlpos, it would look like **wulhwaz in Proto-Germanic.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.wulfazwulfōz, wulfōs
Acc.wulfąwulfanz
Gen.wulfas, wulfiswulfǫ̂
Dat.wulfaiwulfamaz
Inst.wulfōwulfamiz
Voc.wulfwulfōz, wulfōs

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Descendants

  • *wulf (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *wulf (Old Dutch)
      • wolf (Middle Dutch)
        • wólf (Limburgish)
  • *wulf (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *wulf (Old Dutch)
      • wolf (Middle Dutch)
        • wolf (Dutch)
          • wolf (Afrikaans)
          • wâlf (Jersey Dutch)
  • *wulf (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *wulf (Old Dutch)
      • wolf (Middle Dutch)
        • wolf (Dutch)
          • wuluwuluk (Negerhollands)
            • wuluwuluk (Virgin Islands Creole)
  • *wulf (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wulf (Old English)
      • wolf, wolfe, woulf, wulf (Middle English)
        • wolf (English)
          • volfo (Ido)
          • oļip (Marshallese)
  • *wulf (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wulf (Old English)
      • wolf, wolfe, woulf, wulf (Middle English)
        • wolf, woulf (Middle Scots)
          • wouf, oof, ouf, woof (Scots)
  • *wulf (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wolf (Old Frisian)
      • Wulf (Saterland Frisian)
      • wolf (West Frisian)
  • *wulf (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wolf (Old High German)
      • wolf (Middle High German)
        • wolf (Alemannic German)
        • Woif, Wolf (Bavarian)
        • Wolf (German)
        • Wollef (Hunsrik)
        • Wollef (Luxembourgish)
        • Wolf (Pennsylvania German)
        • wūf (Vilamovian)
        • וואָלף (volf) (Yiddish)
  • *wulf (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wulf (Old Saxon)
      • wulf (Middle Low German)
        • Wulf (Plautdietsch)
  • *wulf (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wulf (Old Saxon)
      • wulf (Middle Low German)
        • ? (Low German)
          • ? (German Low German)
          • ? (Westphalian)
  • *ᚹᚢᛚᚠᚨᛉ (*wulfaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • ulfr, úlfr (Old Norse)
      • ulv (Elfdalian)
      • úlvur (Faroese)
      • ulv, ålv (Gutnish)
      • úlfur (Icelandic)
      • ulv (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • ulv, úv'e, olv, ålv (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *ᚹᚢᛚᚠᚨᛉ (*wulfaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • ulfr, úlfr (Old Norse)
      • ulv (Old Danish)
        • ulv (Danish)
  • *ᚹᚢᛚᚠᚨᛉ (*wulfaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • ulfr, úlfr (Old Norse)
      • ulver (Old Swedish)
        • ulv (Swedish)
  • 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃 (wulfs) (Gothic)

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