Where does “pesce lupo” come from?
pesce lupo (Italian) comes from Italian lupo, from Latin lupum, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.
pesce lupo (Italian): wolffish
Ancestry of “pesce lupo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | lupo | wolf |
| 2 | Latin | lupum | accusative singular of lupus |
| 3 | Latin | Lupus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lukʷos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wĺ̥kʷos | wolf |