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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