Etymology

wolven

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to wolves; wolflike; wolfish. Full definition →

Middle English wolven ← Old English wylfen ← Proto-West Germanic *wulfīn
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wulfīn“wolfish”
  2. Old English · inherited fromwylfen“wolfish”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromwolven
  4. English todaywolven

From Middle English wolven, *wilven, *wulven, perhaps continuing Old English wylfen (“wolfish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wulfīn (“wolfish”), equivalent to wolf + -en. Piecewise doublet of lupine.

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