Where does “loulou” come from?

loulou (Seychellois Creole) comes from French Loup, from Middle French loup, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

loulou (Seychellois Creole): wolf; werewolf

Definitions

  1. wolf; werewolf

Ancestry of “loulou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchLoupLupus constellation
2Middle Frenchloupwolf
3LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
4Proto-Italiclukʷos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷosEvery word from Proto-Italic lukʷosEvery word from Latin Lupus