vampyr

Danish

/vampyːr/

noun

Definitions

vampire
vampire bat (Desmodontinae)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vampir derived from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr (vampire).

Origin

Serbo-Croatian

vàmpīr

Gloss

vampire

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Vampir German
vámpír Hungarian
vampier Dutch, Flemish
vampire French
vampyr Norwegian Bokmål
vampyr Swedish
vampyr Norwegian Nynorsk
*ǫpyrь Proto-Slavic
vampir Serbo-Croatian
vàmpīr Serbo-Croatian
вампир Serbo-Croatian
vampíra Icelandic
вампи́р Bulgarian
dhampir Albanian