> French has _loup-garou_ (plural: loups-garous) where
> the 'wolf' element
> (loup) is clearly first. but _garou_ is, of course,
> not the French for
> 'man'; it is from Old French _garoul_ which is from
> Frankish (a Germanic
> lang) *werwulf.
>
> While Spanish has _hombre lobo_ (man wolf), it
> sister langs of Galician
> & Portuguese put the 'wolf' first, thus: Galician:
> lobisón; Portuguese:
> lobisomem.
>
> Italian _lupo mannaro_ also puts 'wolf' first (The
> etymology of
> _mannaro_ is uncertain. Some derive it from a
> Germanic mann- (man);
> others derive the phrase from an earlier
> *lup'umanario "humanish wolf").
>
> Before someone asks, Latin merely has _uersipellis_
> ("skin-changer") :)
>
> --
> Ray
> ==================================
> ray@carolandray.plus.com
>
http://www.carolandray.plus.com
> ==================================
> Nid rhy hen neb i ddysgu.
> There's none too old to learn.
> [WELSH PROVERB}
>