Where does “vulpișoară” come from?

vulpișoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian vulpe, from Latin vulpēs, from Latin volpēs, from Proto-Italic wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- — fox, jackal.

vulpișoară (Romanian): small fox

Definitions

  1. small fox

Ancestry of “vulpișoară”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvulpefox
2Latinvulpēsa fox, vixen
3Latinvolpēs—
4Proto-Italicwolpisfox
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wl(o)p-fox, jackal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- →