Re: [tied] Lupus

In Umbrian *lukWos > *vupus, cf. *leudHiyono-> Vofionu. Perhaps *lupus is
Oscan.

Joao SL

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> > 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-.
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> Or, most straightforwardly, *vulcus (or *vulquus with analogical *qu, as
in <equus>.
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