werewolf
English
/ˈwɛːwʊlf/, /ˈwɛəɹwʊlf/
noun
Definitions
- (mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English werwolf inherited from Old English werwulf inherited from *werawulf, *wer (man) com from English wer (man) + English wolf, wolf.
Origin
English
wolf
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Arctic wolf English
- Ethelwolf English
- Wolfland English
- Wolfstar English
- antiwolf English
- demiwolf English
- he-wolf English
- man-wolf English
- mountain wolf English
- polar wolf English
- red wolf English
- seawolf English
- she-wolf English
- wer English
- were- English
- werewolfdom English
- werewolfery English
- werewolfess English
- werewolfish English
- werewolfism English
- werewolfy English
- wergeld English
- wolf English
- wolf hook English
- wolfberry English
- wolfcoat English
- wolfdom English
- wolfer English
- wolfess English
- wolffish English
- wolfhood English
- wolfhound English
- wolfie English
- wolfish English
- wolfkin English
- wolfkind English
- wolfless English
- wolflike English
- wolfling English
- wolfly English
- wolfman English
- wolfpack English
- wolfsbane English
- wolfshit English
- wolfsicle English
- wolfskin English
- wolfwoman English
- wolfy English
- wolven English
- wolvish English
- world English
- weer Dutch, Flemish
- weerwolf Dutch, Flemish
- weerwolverij Dutch, Flemish
- wolf Dutch, Flemish
- garou French
- phoque-garou French
- *wiHrós Proto-Indo-European
- *weraz Proto-Germanic
- varulv Swedish
- ウルフ Japanese
- wer Old English
- werwulf Old English
- wulf Old English
- wer Middle English
- werwolf Middle English
- wolf Middle English
- varulv Danish
- wēerwolf Middle Dutch
- wer Old High German
- weerwolf Afrikaans
- garou Middle French
- *wer gmw-pro
- *werawulf gmw-pro
- warwulf Middle Low German
- *werwulf Old Saxon
- wer Old Saxon
- werwulf Old Saxon
- oļip Marshallese
- wuruhi Maori
- wuruwhi Maori
- wer
- wolf
- world
- wolfy
- were-
- wolfly
- wolven
- wolfer
- wolfie
- wolfish
- wergeld
- wolfess
- wolfkin
- wolfdom
- he-wolf
- seawolf
- wolfman
- wolvish
- wolfling
- red wolf
- she-wolf
- wolfless
- antiwolf
- Wolfstar
- wolffish
- man-wolf
- wolfpack
- wolflike
- wolfskin
- wolfshit
- demiwolf
- wolfkind
- Wolfland
- wolfcoat
- wolfhood
- wolfberry
- wolf hook
- wolfhound
- wolfsbane
- werewolfy
- wolfsicle
- Ethelwolf
- wolfwoman
- polar wolf
- werewolfess
- werewolfish
- werewolfery
- werewolfism
- Arctic wolf
- werewolfdom
- mountain wolf