Where does “golpil” come from?

golpil (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin vulpiculus, from Latin vulpecula, from Latin vulpēs, from Latin volpēs, from Proto-Italic wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- — fox, jackal.

golpil (Old French): fox

Definitions

  1. fox

Ancestry of “golpil”, step by step

golpil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin vulpiculus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinvulpiculus—
2LatinvulpeculaDiminutive of vulpēs; A little fox
3Latinvulpēsa fox, vixen
4Latinvolpēs—
5Proto-Italicwolpisfox
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wl(o)p-fox, jackal

via Frankish *wulf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankish*wulf—
2Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- →Every word from Proto-Italic wolpis →Every word from Latin volpēs →