Where does “lupacchiotto” come from?

lupacchiotto (Italian) comes from Italian lupo, from Latin lupum, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

lupacchiotto (Italian): wolf cub (young wolf)

Definitions

  1. wolf cub (young wolf)

Ancestry of “lupacchiotto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlupowolf
2Latinlupumaccusative singular of lupus
3LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
4Proto-Italiclukʷos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin Lupus →