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

• *wulfini
• *wulfīn

Descendants

• Old English: wulf
  • Middle English: wolf, wulf, woulf, wolfe
    • English: wolf, wolve (rare)
      • → Ido: volfo (also from German)
    • Scots: wolf, woulf, wouff
• 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
  • Middle High German: wolf
    • Alemannic German: wolf (Italian Walser)
    • Bavarian: Woif, Wolf

      Cimbrian: bolf

      Mòcheno: bolf

      Udinese: bolf, bölf

    • German: Wolf
    • Hunsrik: Wollef
    • Luxembourgish: Wollef
    • Pennsylvania German: Wolf
    • Vilamovian: wūf
    • Yiddish: וואָלף (volf)