But latin lupus can be explained as a Osco-Umbrian loan (instead of expected
*lucus, *vulcus), analogous to bo:s "ox" (instead of *vo:s, *vu:s).
And about wild canids, there are three similar roots, that can be variations
of the same base or not:
*wlkwo - "wolf" cf. wolf, volk, vrka, v@...
*wlp- "fox?" cf. vilpis^ys, vulpes
*loupH-k- "fox?" cf. lopas^a, alopex, loarn
Greek lykos and Latin lupus (Italic *lu(:)kWos) seem to be a metathesis
*lukWos < wlkwos. An alternate view is to see lykos as a dialectal variation
(*wlkWos > expected *(w)alpos, *(w)lapos in Greek - I'd guess Lapithai <
*lapo- "wolf", maybe *wlkWo-bhidh "ugly as a wolf" )
Joao SL
Rio
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From: Marc Verhaegen <marc.verhaegen@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] IE numbers
> >fidwor , *pwetwor-
> >wolf < *wlpwos
> >oven < *upwen-
> >In other IE branches is there a dissimilation pw-w/w-pw > kw-w/w-kw ?
> >Are there more examples of such process?
> >Is Germanic the only IE branch where pw>p, instead of pw>kw?
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> Latin lupus?
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