# Wolves [Wolf Men](wolf-men.md) [Wiki](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/w%C4%BA%CC%A5k%CA%B7os) [[sergent2016]] [[p-bernhardt2017]] [[merisante2014]] [[kershaw1997-2000]]p222 - Skt. [vṛ́ka](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%95#Sanskrit) "un-harm, away-wolf" [[rv10-036-03c-d-wolf]]. Lat. lupus, Eng. wolf, etc. The "Dangerous" or "Tearer". Like the root for bear, it may be a taboo-name avoidance. (leah-hatch) Hatch, Leah. "Taboo Deformation: How the Fear of Bears and Wolves Manifested Itself in Indo-European Culture". -The Bhlog-, 2014. [web](https://blog.as.uky.edu/thebhlog/?p=96) ## Anglo-Saxon > *Maxims* II.18-19 > ***Wulf sceal on bearowe earm ānhaga***. > "The wolf must be in the grove a wretched recluse." ## External Links [[rolinson2019-12-24]] https://www.indo-european-connection.com/words/wolf [[rolinson2019-12-05a]]