Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 ‎(varka), Mazanderani ورگ ‎(verg), Ossetian бирæгъ ‎(biræǧ), Kurdish gur), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥ka- ‎(“wolf”) (compare Sanskrit वृक ‎(vṛka)), from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos ‎(“wolf”) (compare Lithuanian vilkas, Old Church Slavonic влькъ ‎(vlĭkŭ), Tocharian B walkwe, Latin lupus, Old English wulf (English wolf).