köken: From Late Latin flascō, flasca (“bottle, container”), from Old Frankish *flaska (“bottle, flask”), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle”), from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną (“to plait”), from Proto-Indo-European *plek- (“to weave, braid”). Akin to Old High German flasca (“flask”), Old English flasce, flaxe (“bottle”). Doublet of flacone. More at flask.
köken: From Ancient Greek ἀποτυχία (apotukhía) from the verb ἀποτυγχάνω (apotunkhánō). By surface analysis, απο- (apo-) + τύχ(η) (tých(i)) + -ία (-ía). See the ancient τύχη f (túkhē, “luck”).
köken: Uncertain. First attested as Early Modern Korean 늑대 (nuktay) in the Gukhanhoeeo (國韓會語 / 국한회어), 坤:65, 1896, then subsequently as Early Modern Korean 늑ᄃᆡ (nuktoy), e.g. in in the Maeilsinmun (매일신문), 23 August, 1898. Any further investigation, either via attested forms or via morphological analysis, is difficult, even though the prevalence of this word across dialects suggests it must have been in…
köken: From an uncertain root + -or. Various roots have been suggested, including bas due to the low quality of wolves' calls or from a dialectal stem bas- ("stomach").
köken: From Middle Ukrainian вълкъ (vlk), from Old East Slavic вълкъ (vŭlkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.
köken: Inherited from Latin lupus, from an Osco-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Doublet of lupus.