Where does “gulpil” come from?

gulpil (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.

Ancestry of “gulpil”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gulpil

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p-Every word from Proto-Italic wolpisEvery word from Latin volpēs
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