Where does “lobo” come from?

lobo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese lobo, from Latin lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

lobo (Galician): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “lobo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueselobo—
2Latinlupuswolf; an animal which acts in the savage manner...
3Proto-Italiclukʷos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “lobo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin lupus →
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