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English word wolf comes from Proto-Indo-European *wel, Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷós, and later Proto-Germanic *wulfaz (Wolf.)

*wel (Proto-Indo-European)

to wish, desire, want

*wl̥kʷós (Proto-Indo-European)

*lukʷos (Proto-Indo-European)

*wulfaz (Proto-Germanic)

Wolf.

ƿulf (Old English)

Wolf.

wolf (Middle English)

Wolf.

wolf (English)

(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 [...]

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