Where does “Volpi” come from?

Volpi (English) comes from Italian volpi, from Italian volpe, from Latin vulpēs, from Latin volpēs, from Proto-Italic wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- — fox, jackal.

Ancestry of “Volpi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvolpiplural of volpe; second-person singular present...
2Italianvolpefox, vixen; a crafty person
3Latinvulpēsa fox, vixen
4Latinvolpēs—
5Proto-Italicwolpisfox
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wl(o)p-fox, jackal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- →