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Korean
늑대
Etymology
Uncertain. First attested as Early Modern Korean늑대(nuktay) in the Gukhanhoeeo (國韓會語 / 국한회어), 坤:65, 1896, then subsequently as Early Modern Korean늑ᄃᆡ(nuktoy), e.g. in in the Maeilsinmun (매일신문), 23 August, 1898. Any further investigation, either via attested forms or via morphological analysis, is difficult, even though the prevalence of this word across dialects suggests it must have been in use long before the very late 19th century.
Vovin suggests that this word may be an early loan from some Proto-Nivkh*likVt'V. Compare Nivkhлиғс(liγs)(Amur), лиғр̌(liγř)(East Sakhalin).
^ Vovin, Alexander (2003) “Etymological Notes on Some Paleosiberian and Tungusic Loanwords in Korean”, in Proceedings of the Center for Korean Language and Culture, numbers 5—6, St. Petersburg, Russia, pages 57—60
