"wolf" meaning in Middle Dutch

See wolf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Old Dutch *wulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Etymology templates: {{etymon|dum|:inh|odt:*wulf}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*wulfaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*wulf", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Dutch", "term" : "*wulf", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "odt" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle Dutch", "term" : "wolf", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "dum" }" data-lang="dum" data-title="wolf">, {{inh|dum|odt|*wulf}} Old Dutch *wulf, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*wulf}} Proto-West Germanic *wulf, {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*wulfaz}} Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, {{inh|dum|ine-pro|*wĺ̥kʷos}} Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos Head templates: {{head|dum|noun||{{{stem}}}-||{{{stem2}}}-|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} wolf m, {{dum-noun|m}} wolf m Inflection templates: {{dum-decl-noun-st-m|wolv}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], wolf [nominative, singular], wolve [nominative, plural], wolf [accusative, singular], wolve [accusative, plural], wolfs [genitive, singular], wolve [genitive, plural], wolve [dative, singular], wolven [dative, plural]
  1. wolf, grey wolf Tags: masculine Derived forms: wēerwolf
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