lupa

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Latin word lupa comes from Latvian *welh₂, Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷós, and later Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (Wolf.)

*welh₂ (Latvian)

*wl̥kʷós (Proto-Indo-European)

*wel (Proto-Indo-European)

*wĺ̥kʷos (Proto-Indo-European)

Wolf.

*lukʷos (Proto-Italic)

Osco-Umbrian (Ligurian)

lupa (Latin)

(slang) prostitute. She-wolf.

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