Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wulf

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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	*wulfas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wulf	wulfō, wulfōs
Accusative	*wulf	*wulfā
Genitive	*wulfas	*wulfō
Dative	*wulfē	*wulfum
Instrumental	*wulfu	*wulfum

Descendants

Old English: wulf, ƿulf
- Middle English: wolf
  - English: wolf
    - → 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
Old High German: wolf
- Middle High German: wolf
  - Alemannic German:
    Italian Walser: wolf
    Swabian: [Term?]
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: bolf
    Mòcheno: bolf
    Udinese: bolf, bölf
  - Central Franconian: [Term?]
    Hunsrik: Wollef
    Luxembourgish: Wollef
  - East Central German: [Term?]
    Vilamovian: wūf
  - East Franconian: [Term?]
  - German: Wolf
    - → Ido: volfo (also from English)
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Wolf
  - Yiddish: וואָלף‎ (volf)

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