Welpe & volpes (was: Latin is a q-Dialect having p- from kW, PIE is

>>(2) Does Lat. _vulpes_ (older _volpes_) belong to the
>>same etym. group?
>
>This seems to belong with Gk. aló:pe:ks, MPer. ro:pa:s, Skt. lopa:s'á-,
>Arm. alue:s. The exact reconstruction is problematic, but it should be
>separated from the 'wolf' word.

Aha. Thank you.

>>(3) Does Hungarian _róka_ ['ro:-kO] "fox" also belong
>>to the (w)LK- (canidae) group? (If so, interesting case
>>of rhotacism.)
>
>I don't know.

Maybe there's some link to that MPer. ro:pa:s above (that
I hadn't been aware of).

George