Where does “lurcans” come from?

lurcans (Latin) comes from Latin lurcō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

Definitions

Ancestry of “lurcans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlurcōto eat greedily, to guzzle
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin lurcō →