Re: CHAT: RPGs (was Re: Wargs)

Grandsire, C.A. wrote:
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> Sally Caves wrote:
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> > Nik Taylor wrote:
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> > > 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.
wer and vir appear to derive from IE *wiros, "man."  So, yes!

Sally

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