Re: VMs: about Leo Levitov and a few more questions

[Koontz John E <John.Koontz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, adrian wrote:
> does anyone know what this word in its many variations might mean:
>
> Ulca - or even Vlea (if U is V and C is E)
> Ulcul
> Ulcux
> Uilcux
> Uclur

Are these Levitovisms?

Well, there's Latin ulcer-, ulcus, source of English ulcer.  Also, as far
as I recall the reconstructed roots for Proto-Indo-European 'wolf' are
along the lines of wlkw-, wlp- (kw = labiovelar k) as in English wolf,
Latin vulpes 'fox', lupus 'wolf', Greek lukos, etc.

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