--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:
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> > Maybe *g^Hwe(:)r- would explain the were- in werewolf.
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> It meant 'man'.
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Yes, this is from IE
*(H)wi:r-o- 'human male'.
However, this is an interesting question, because some macro-comparativists link this root to Kartvelian (Megrel)
xwir- 'male dog', but IMHO this is incorrect, as the latter corresponds to Uralic
*kojra 'male (human or dog)' and NEC
*XXHwej-rV 'dog' (oblique form). As I said earlier, I link these words to IE
*g´hwe:r- 'wild animal'.