Re: CHAT: RPGs (was Re: Wargs)

Sally Caves wrote:
>
> Nik Taylor wrote:
> >
> > Sally Caves wrote:
> > > and "wer"... hmmmm.
> >
> > Didn't "wer" mean specifically "adult male human being"?
>
> Looking at the BT, yes, actually... the generic is "man," which
> can mean "human being," but wer, as in werhad, "masculinity,"
> carries the gender.  But there is always an extent to which these
> words become more generic, so you can speak of a female werwolf
> when "wer" is replaced in later English by "man."
>
        Sorry to arrive so late (holidays!). Anyway my question is completely
off-topic. Is "wer" cognate with Latin "vir"? Just a question for my own
enlightment.

> Sally
>
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