werwulf
Old English
noun
Definitions
- werewolf
- fiend
Etymology
Inherited from *werawulf com from Old English wer (weir, man, husband, a male being, hero) + Old English wulf (wolf, wulf).
Origin
Old English
wulf
Gloss
wolf, wulf
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
狼
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Warwick English
- were- English
- werewolf English
- vir Latin
- virtūtem Latin
- virum Latin
- *wiHrós Proto-Indo-European
- *weraz Proto-Germanic
- *wulfaz Proto-Germanic
- Beowulf Old English
- Earnwulf Old English
- Wulfstan Old English
- Wæringwic Old English
- wer Old English
- werleas Old English
- werlic Old English
- wulf Old English
- wulfheort Old English
- wylfen Old English
- Æþelwulf Old English
- Warwyk Middle English
- wer Middle English
- were Middle English
- werwolf Middle English
- wolf Middle English
- بیر Persian
- uodil Old High German
- *warjan gmw-pro
- *wer gmw-pro
- *werawulf gmw-pro
- *wulf gmw-pro
- *wiros Proto-Celtic
- warwulf Middle Low German
- *wiHrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wīrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *áryas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *werwulf Old Saxon
- werwulf Old Saxon
- *wiros Proto-Italic
- *wī́ˀras Proto-Balto-Slavic
- vīrs Samogitian