köken: From Middle High German wülvinne, wulfinne, from Old High German *wulfinna, from Proto-West Germanic *wulfini. Equivalent to Wolf (“wolf”) + -in. The modern -ö- from readaptation to the basic word. Displaced Middle High German wülpe and the hybrid form wülpinne.
köken: For Vulgar Latin *lūpa instead of the attested Latin lupa, also reflected by Piedmontese luv and luva, perhaps onomatopoeic of the wolf's howling. Similarly unexpected is French loup (despite Old French leu).
female equivalent of basior (“bitch, she-wolf”) (female wolf)
çekim: çoğul basiory · tamlayan basiory
eş: wilczyca, wadera
köken: Etymology tree Polish basior Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀ Proto-Slavic *-a Old Polish -a Polish -a Polish basiora From basior + -a.
köken: From lupus (“wolf”) + -a (feminine suffix). The sense “prostitute” is either a comparison of the prostitutes' predation on men to the wolf's rapacity, as also in Isidore's (often fanciful) opinion, or a reference to the she-wolf's supposed uncleanliness and promiscuity (often culturally conflated), paralleled in English bitch.
köken: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkī́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s. Cognate with Old Norse ylgr (“she-wolf”), Sanskrit वृकी (vṛkī, “she-wolf”).