Where does “lupu” come from?

lupu (Maltese) comes from Sicilian lupu, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

lupu (Maltese): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “lupu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sicilianlupuwolf
2LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
3Proto-Italiclukʷos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin Lupus →