Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wulfini

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *wulf +‎ *-ini.

Noun

*wulfini f

she-wolf
Synonym: *wulbi

Declension

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wulfini
Genitive	*wulfunnjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wulfini	*wulfunnjō
Accusative	*wulfunnjā	*wulfunnjā
Genitive	*wulfunnjā	*wulfunnjō
Dative	*wulfunnjē	wulfunnjōm, wulfunnjum
Instrumental	*wulfunnju	wulfunnjōm, wulfunnjum

Descendants

Old English: wylfen
- Middle English: wulvine, wulvene
  - Scots: wolfyne
Old Saxon: *wulfinnia, *wulfinnea
- Middle Low German: wulfinne
  - German Low German: Wülfin
Old Dutch: *wulfinna
- Middle Dutch: wolvin
  - Dutch: wolvin
Old High German: *wulfinna, (wulpin)
- Middle High German: wülvinne, wulfinne, wolfinne, (wülpinne)
  - German: Wölfin

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