Where does “lup de mare atlantic” come from?

lup de mare atlantic (Romanian) comes from Romanian mare, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

lup de mare atlantic (Romanian): great skua (Stercorarius skua)

Definitions

  1. great skua (Stercorarius skua)

Ancestry of “lup de mare atlantic”, step by step

lup de mare atlantic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian mare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmarebig, large, great; great, mighty; sea
2Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
3Proto-Italicmarisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Romanian lup

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

via Romanian atlantic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianatlanticAtlantic pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
2FrenchatlantiqueAtlantic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer-
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