Where does “lloba” come from?

lloba (Catalan) comes from Latin lupa, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

lloba (Catalan): female equivalent of llop; she-wolf

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of llop; she-wolf

Ancestry of “lloba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlupashe-wolf; prostitute
2LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
3Proto-Italiclukʷos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin Lupus →