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.

Concepten

weerwolf

Synoniemen

lycanthrope

wolfman

loup-garou

werwolf

pike

turnskin

pickerel

wolf

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Vertalingen

Werwolf

hombre lobo

loup-garou

λυκάνθρωπος

lobisomem

licantropo

lycanthrope

lupo mannaro

home llop

licántropo

kurt adam

garou

bzou

licantropo

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈwɛːwʊlf/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: werwolf

Overgenomen van Oudengels: werewulf

Verwant aan Nederlands: weerwolf

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: Warwulf

Verwant aan Duits: Werwolf

Verwant aan Deens: varulv

Verwant aan Zweeds: varulv

Verwant aan Fins: vironsusi

Verwant aan Frans: garou

Verwant aan 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.