wolf child

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)

  1. A German street child, typically an orphan, who lived in East Prussia at the end of World War II.
    Synonym: little German

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