köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷós? Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷosder. Proto-Italic *lukʷos Osco-Umbrianbor.? Latin lupus Old Galician-Portuguese lobo Portuguese lobo Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lobo, from Latin lupus (“wolf”), from an Oscan-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Galician and Spanish lobo. Doublet of…
aile: lobacho, lobato, lobinho, lobisomem, lobito, lobozinho, entre o cão e o lobo, lobecão, lobo do mar, lobo-cerval
köken: Originally a compound of giái (“fruit”) + tai (“ear”), the first element is an alternative form of trái (see giai for the sound change). The current spelling is probably due to the ‹gi›-‹d› merger in most dialects and influence from folk etymology (as if from dái (“scrotum”) + tai, cf. Korean 귓불 (gwitbul)). Compare Phong Nha dialect ʈɤj³²⁴ which means both "fruit" and "earlobe", while "scrotum,…