Where does “lupulină” come from?

lupulină (Romanian) comes from English lupuline, from Latin lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

lupulină (Romanian): lupulin

Definitions

  1. lupulin

Ancestry of “lupulină”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlupulineAn alkaloid extracted from hops
2Latinlupuswolf; an animal which acts in the savage manner...
3Proto-Italiclukʷos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin lupus →