werewolf

Significado (Inglés)

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

Sinónimos

lycanthrope

wolfman

loup-garou

werwolf

pike

turnskin

pickerel

wolf

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Traducións

Werwolf

hombre lobo

loup-garou

λυκάνθρωπος

weerwolf

lobisomem

licantropo

lycanthrope

lupo mannaro

licántropo

home llop

garou

kurt adam

bzou

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈwɛːwʊlf/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: werwolf

Herdado de Old English: werewulf

Relativo a neerlandés: weerwolf

Relativo a baixo alemán: Warwulf

Relativo a alemán: Werwolf

Relativo a dinamarqués: varulv

Relativo a sueco: varulv

Relativo a finés: vironsusi

Relativo a francés: garou

Relativo a 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.