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From The Eytmological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic by Guus Kroonen:

* wulfa- m. ‘wolf’ — Go. wulfs m. ‘id.’, ON ulfr m. ‘id.’, Far. úlvur m. ‘id.’, Elfd. ulv m. ‘id.’, OE wulf m. ‘id.’, E wolf, OS wulf, wolf m. ‘id.’, Du. wolf c. ‘id.’, OHG wolf m. ‘id.’, G Wolf m. ‘id.’ ⇒ *ulkʷ-o-'’ (IE) —

The IE word for ‘wolf’. In Germanic, the expected form would be **wulhwaz, but the *kʷ was changed into *p as in *fimfe ‘5’ < *penkʷe and *werpan- ‘to throw’ < *uérgw-e-. This change seems to have taken place after resonants in words with initial labials. See also *wulgī ~ *wulbjō-.