wl̥kʷo-

wl̥kʷo-
Wolf.
1.
a. wolf, from Old English wulf, wolf;
b. aardwolf, from Middle Dutch wolf, wulf, wolf;
c. wolfram, from Old High German wolf, wolf;
d. Frankish *wulf, wolf, in compound *wer-wulf (see wī-ro-). a-d all from Germanic *wulfaz.
2. Taboo variant *lupo-. lobo, lupine1, lupine2, lupus, robalo; loup-garou, from Latin lupus, wolf.
3. Taboo variant *lukʷo-.
a. lycanthrope, lycopodium, from Greek lukos, wolf;
b. suffixed form *lukʷ-ya. lytta; alyssum, from Greek lussa, martial rage, madness, rabies (“wolf-ness”).
 
[Pokorny u̯l̥kᵘ̯os 1178.]

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