Where does “lupül” come from?

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

lupül (Volapük): wolf cub, wolf pup, wolf whelp

Definitions

  1. wolf cub, wolf pup, wolf whelp

Ancestry of “lupül”, 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 →