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

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

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)