From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 18682
Date: 2003-02-10
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Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Lupus
> At least for Latin lupus, the most usual explanation I've seen is that the word was borrowed in Latin from some Oscan-Umbrian dialect (in which concerns the /p/). The expected form in Latin would have been *luqu- or *luc-.
Or, most straightforwardly, *vulcus (or *vulquus with analogical *qu, as in <equus>.
Piotr