wilkis

Old Prussian

Wilkis.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognate with Lithuanian vil̃kas, Latvian vilks and Proto-Slavic *vь̑lkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʲê̝ɫkəs̪/

Noun

wilkis m

1. (zoology) wolf

References

• Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997), “wilkis”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological Dictionary of Old Prussian]‎^[1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
• G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873), “wilkis”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 205