The reason for the disconnect is that "wer" is an Old English term for "man" which has pretty much only survived with "werewolf," so we now associate the "were" part with transforming into something.
Fun fact: "wer" evolved into "vyras" and is still used in Lithuanian language, but Lithuanian word for werewolf is "vilkolakis" and does not include the word.
One origin of werewolves also comes from Baltic shamanic practices of communicating with wolves and sometimes "turning" into them.
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Is it that a house turned into a “werehouse” (like werewolf instead of warehouse)?
My dumbass thinking weregarage for like 30 seconds
I was stuck on moon and move being similar words
What’s sad is the first thing I looked for was “loss”
Not sad, savvy.
traumatized
Me T oo
Wasn't There. S ad
Bitch me too
Are those fucking primarchs?
This doesn't make sense, they're called werewolves, not werehumans. It should be something other than a house at the beginning.
The reason for the disconnect is that "wer" is an Old English term for "man" which has pretty much only survived with "werewolf," so we now associate the "were" part with transforming into something.
There's no other English word in the whole world that comes from wer? 😉
I said "pretty much" because I assumed it was in there somewhere else. I never knew "world" had roots with it!
Fun fact: "wer" evolved into "vyras" and is still used in Lithuanian language, but Lithuanian word for werewolf is "vilkolakis" and does not include the word.
One origin of werewolves also comes from Baltic shamanic practices of communicating with wolves and sometimes "turning" into them.
Meme still doesn't make sense
It does as a pun.
Warehouse/werehouse "works" as a pun out of context, sure. In context though, it's supposed to be the punchline for this joke, but it isn't.
Me staring at this for three minutes trying to figure out how this is possibly loss.
It's meta. Warehouses tends to have some loss.
Can someone who isn’t a moron like me explain this to me?
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Were-house/warehouse :::
Ah thank you.
on a full moon houses are afraid of garages
That was what I thought immediately and I was like “what is the connection? Is this a meme im too old to understand?” Turns out I’m just stupid.
"Oh no!"
Were-pot?
ware pot
Cookware?
"...not again"
Farberware pot
...potted...moon...pot?
Silverware