Where does “Gwadloup” come from?
Gwadloup (Haitian Creole) comes from French Guadeloupe, from Spanish Guadalupe, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.
Ancestry of “Gwadloup”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Guadeloupe | — |
| 2 | Spanish | Guadalupe | Guadalupe (island off Baja California) |
| 3 | Latin | Lupus | A Roman cognomen |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lukʷos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wĺ̥kʷos | wolf |