werewolf

Betekenis (Engels)

A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

Sinonieme

lycanthrope

wolfman

loup-garou

werwolf

pike

turnskin

pickerel

wolf

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Vertalings

Werwolf

hombre lobo

loup-garou

λυκάνθρωπος

weerwolf

lobisomem

licantropo

lycanthrope

lupo mannaro

licántropo

home llop

garou

kurt adam

bzou

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈwɛːwʊlf/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: werwolf

Geërf van Old English: werewulf

Verwante met Nederlands: weerwolf

Verwante met Nederduits: Warwulf

Verwante met Duits: Werwolf

Verwante met Deens: varulv

Verwante met Sweeds: varulv

Verwante met Fins: vironsusi

Verwante met Frans: garou

Verwante met Frankish: *werawulf

In summary

From Middle English werwolf, from Old English werewulf, from Proto-West Germanic *werawulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wer (“man”) + *wulf (“wolf”). By surface analysis, were- + wolf. Cognate with Dutch weerwolf, Low German Warwulf, German Werwolf, Danish varulv, Swedish varulv, and even possibly Finnish vironsusi.
Compare also French garou, in loup-garou, French dialectal gairou, varou (“werewolf”), Medieval Latin gerulphus, garulphus (“werewolf”), all from Germanic, probably Frankish *werawulf.