Where does “vualp” come from?

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

vualp (Romansch): fox

Definitions

  1. fox

Ancestry of “vualp”, step by step

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