Talk:were-
Although "were-" originally meant "man", I think its current use in English is a re-analysis of werewolf, and now has the shape-changer meaning. Is there an example of a non-lycanthrope usage? --Vladisdead 03:38, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
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Rfv-sense "man". The derivation category only contains types of shapeshifters. Is it ever used in the general sense of "man"? Some of the translations seem to be for just "man".__Gamren (talk) 17:56, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
- werewolf = lit. man-wolf, man that transforms into wolf
- similar are: weredog, werecat, werepanther, wereleopard, werelion, werelioness, wereanimal - with "human form" in the definition (in some other entires it's only "shapeshifter who can assume the form of [animal]), but all overlap with shapeshifter. — This unsigned comment was added by 2003:DE:3728:BF14:A5B6:4709:CF0F:FF1F (talk) at 01:40, 3 June 2021 (UTC).
RFV-failed. Although it once meant man, as can be seen in terms like weregild, in modern English, it is only a productive prefix for lycanthropes. Kiwima (talk) 22:44, 17 June 2021 (UTC)