- u̯l̥p-, lup- (*su̯ilkʷ-)
- u̯l̥p-, lup- (*su̯ilkʷ-)English meaning: a kind of carnivore (fox, wolf)Deutsche Übersetzung: in Raubtierbezeichnungen, especially from dem Hundegeschlecht (Fuchs, Schakal, Wolf)Note: Root u̯l̥p-, lup- (*su̯ilkʷ-): “a kind of carnivore (fox, wolf)” derived from Root u̯l̥kʷ-os (*su̯ilekʷos): “wolf” [common Lat. kʷ- > p- phonetic mutation].Note: older ē -stemMaterial: Av. urupi-s m. (*lupi-s) “dog”, raopi-s “fox, jackal”, M.Pers. rōpüs, Pers. rōbüh “fox” = O.Ind. lopüś á - m. “jackal, fox”; Maybe Alb. lopë “cow, (huge consuming animal; cow eaten by wolves)”, llup “devour”, llapë “tongue” : Lith. lapenti “to swallow food”. Arm. aluēs gen. -esu “fox”; Maybe zero grade in Pol. (*lues) lis “fox”. Gk. ἀλώπηξ f., short form ἀλωπός; Lat. volpēs “fox”, possibly also lupus “wolf”; Lith. lãpė (*u̯lopē), Ltv. lapsa (syncopated from lapesa? IE *u̯lopek̂ü?); compare Lith. vilpišỹ s “ wild cat “, it would be placed near M.Pers. gurpak Pers. gurba “ house cat, domestic cat “, from Iran. *u̯r̥pa-, IE *u̯l̥pos; it concerns certainly various taboo adjustments.References: WP. I 316 f., WH. I 836 f., II 830, Frisk 83, Trautmann 149, Specht IE Decl. 36, Lidén KZ. 56, 212 ff.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.