Reconstruction:Old Dutch/wulf

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz.

Noun

*wulf m

1. wolf

Inflection

Declension of *wulf (masculine a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*wulf	*wulva
accusative	*wulf	*wulva
genitive	*wulves	*wulvo
dative	*wulve	*wulvon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: wolf
  • Dutch: wolf
    • Afrikaans: wolf
    • Jersey Dutch: wâlf
    • Negerhollands: wuluwuluk
      • → Virgin Islands Creole: wuluwuluk (dated)
  • Limburgish: wólf

Further reading

• “wulf”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012