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- Lithuanian · calque ofvilko vaikas
- German · calque ofWolfskind
- English todaywolf child
Calque of German Wolfskind and Lithuanian vilko vaikas. First attested in the 1990s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
wolf child
Today it means: A German street child, typically an orphan, who lived in East Prussia at the end of World War II. Full definition →
German Wolfskind ← Lithuanian vilko vaikas