Where does “lupănaș” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lupănaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianLupangray, grey
2Romanianlupwolf
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 →