Where does “lulu” come from?

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

lulu (Mauritian Creole): wolf; werewolf

Definitions

  1. wolf; werewolf

Ancestry of “lulu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchloupwolf; bass; mask, eyemask
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 →
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