Wulf
/wʊlf/noun
An Old English word for a wolf.
Did you know?Old English **wulf** descends from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, which is also the ancestor of modern English **wolf** and many Germanic names built to borrow the animal’s fierce power.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wĺ̥kʷos
“wolf”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*wulfaz
“wolf”
Old English
OE
wulf
“wolf”
Middle English
ME
wolf
“wolf”
Modern English
English
wolf
“the wild carnivorous canine”