Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/lúkos

This Proto-Hellenic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”).[1]

Noun

*lúkos m

  1. wolf

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: λύκος (lúkos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λύκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 877-8
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