werewolf

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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

Έννοιες

λυκάνθρωπος

βρυκόλακας

λύκος

αγριάνθρωπος

βρυκολακιασμένος

Συχνότητα

C1
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈwɛːwʊlf/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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.

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