Quoting caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>:
> P.S. I really like "wifewolf," but I would rather spell
> it "wifwolf." It appears as though the second "e" in werewolf is
> epenthetic. It doesn't appear in "wergeld" nor in the Frankish form
> of the word, "werwulf," which became loup-garou. I don't think it's
> necessary in wifwolf.
A comedy fantasy piece I read years ago had a "wereman" in it; a wolf that
turned into a man at full moon. I've always wondered if the author was aware of
the etymology.
Andreas