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- Proto-Indo-European*wl̥kʷós?
- Proto-Indo-European*wĺ̥kʷos
- Proto-Hellenic*lúkos
- Ancient Greekλύκος (lúkos)
- Ancient Greekλύκαινα (lúkaina)
- English todaylycaenid
Borrowed from Translingual Lycaenidae.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lycaenid
Today it means: A member of the taxonomic family Lycaenidae, the gossamer-winged butterflies. Full definition →
Ancient Greek λύκαινα (lúkaina) ← Proto-Hellenic *lúkos ← Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos