Matt Potter<p>Etymology heads will love that the ‘Were-‘ in ‘Werewolf’ is related to </p><p>Lithuanian ‘Vyras’ - man</p><p>Latin - ‘Virilis’ - manly, whence ‘virile’ </p><p>The Welsh ending ‘-wr’/‘-wyr’- person/people/‘one who…’ - as in dysgi (to learn)/dysgwr (student)</p><p>Gaelic ‘Fir’ - male</p><p>Saxon ‘Wer’ - a man’s life worth.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/werewolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>werewolf</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/werewolves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>werewolves</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/welsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>welsh</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaelic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/saxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saxon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latin</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lithuanian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lithuanian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/etymologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymologists</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/cymraeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cymraeg</span></a></p>