Comment on Why Aren't there More Fem-Focused Werewolf Stories?

IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• T156@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A female werewolf would be a wifwolf.

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• deifyed@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If werewolf is manwolf, wouldn’t wereman be manman?

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  • IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    were meant man in modern english

    and man meant human

    wereman - weapons human (man)

    wifman - weaving human (woman)

    eventually we got rid of the prefixes

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    • deifyed@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      TIL! Thanks

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