Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/werawulf

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *wer (“man”) +‎ *wulf (“wolf”).

Noun

*werawulf m

wolf-man, werewolf

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*werawulf
Genitive	*werawulfas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*werawulf	werawulfō, werawulfōs
Accusative	*werawulf	*werawulfā
Genitive	*werawulfas	*werawulfō
Dative	*werawulfē	*werawulfum
Instrumental	*werawulfu	*werawulfum

Descendants

Old English: werewulf
- Middle English: werwolf
  - English: werewolf
  - Scots: werwolf, warwolf, warwoof
Old Frisian: *werwolf
- West Frisian: wjerwolf, wearwolf, waarwolf
Old Saxon: werwulf
- Middle Low German: werwulf, werwolf, warwulf, bērwulf
  - German Low German: Weerwulf, Warwulf
  - → Icelandic: varúlfur
  - → Faroese: varúlvur
  - → Norwegian: varulv
  - → Swedish: varulv
  - → Danish: varulv
Old Dutch: *werwulf
- Middle Dutch: wēerwolf
  - Dutch: weerwolf
    - Afrikaans: weerwolf
Old High German: wërwolf
- Middle High German: wërwolf
  - German: Werwolf
  - Luxembourgish: Wierwollef
→ Old French: garwaf, garval, garvalf
- ⇒ French: loup-garou
  - → English: loup-garou