Where does “volpēs” come from?
volpēs (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- — fox, jackal.
Ancestry of “volpēs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Italic | wolpis | fox |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wl(o)p- | fox, jackal |