Where does “Lupu” come from?

Lupu (Romanian) comes from Romanian lup, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Ancestry of “Lupu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlupwolf
2LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
3Proto-Italiclukʷos
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “Lupu

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos