Lycodon

Translingual

An adult and juvenile Lycodon odishii.

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷósder.?

Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos

Proto-Hellenic *lúkos

Ancient Greek λῠ́κος (lŭ́kos)

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts

Proto-Hellenic *odónts

Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn)

Translingual Lycodon

Pseudo-loan from Ancient Greek, derived from λῠ́κος (lŭ́kos, “wolf”) +‎ ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).

Pronunciation

• English:
  • (stressed): enPR: lī′-kō-dŏn
    • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ.koʊˌdɑn/
  • (unstressed): enPR: lī′-kə-dŏn
    • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ.kəˌdɑn/

Proper noun

Lycodon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – wolf snakes.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: canavardiş (calque)
• Chinese: → 狼蛇 (lángshé) (partial calque), → 狼齒蛇 / 狼齿蛇 (lángchǐshé) (calque)
• → Dutch: wolfstandslang (calque)
• → English: wolf snake (partial calque)
• → Georgian: ლიკოდონი (liḳodoni) (transliteration)
• → German: Wolfszahnnatter (calque)
• → Indonesian: ular serigala (partial calque)
• → Italian: serpente lupo (partial calque)
• → Lithuanian: vilkdantis (calque)
• → Persian: گرگ‌مار (partial calque)
• → Russian: волкозу́б (volkozúb) (calque)
• → Ukrainian: вовкозу́б (vovkozúb) (calque)

See also

• Lycodon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lycodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Lycodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons