Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
wolf child
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
See also: wolf-child
English
Etymology
Calque of German Wolfskind and Lithuanian vilko vaikas. First attested in the 1990s. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Mentioned on Wikipedia. Citation needed.”)
Noun
wolf child (plural wolf children)
- A German street child, typically an orphan, who lived in East Prussia at the end of World War II.
- Synonym: little German
Translations
human child raised by wolves
|
See also
Remove ads
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads