Where does “hilup” come from?

hilup (Volapük) comes from Volapük lup, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

hilup (Volapük): he-wolf, male wolf

Definitions

  1. he-wolf, male wolf

Ancestry of “hilup”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapüklupwolf
2LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
3Proto-Italiclukʷos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin Lupus →