Where does “lelou” come from?

lelou (Mauritian Creole) comes from French Loup, from Middle French loup, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Ancestry of “lelou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchLoupLupus constellation
2Middle Frenchloupwolf
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 →