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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CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 309d
Is it that a house turned into a “werehouse” (like werewolf instead of warehouse)?
The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world · 34 pts · 309d
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 309d
uhhhehhh@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 308d
My dumbass thinking weregarage for like 30 seconds
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 308d
I was stuck on moon and move being similar words
ramble81@lemmy.zip · 50 pts · 309d
What’s sad is the first thing I looked for was “loss”
laranis@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 309d
Not sad, savvy.
baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 308d
traumatized
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 308d
Me T oo
Wasn't There. S ad
BitchPeas@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 308d
Bitch me too
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 309d
P1k1e@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 308d
Are those fucking primarchs?
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 309d
This doesn't make sense, they're called werewolves, not werehumans. It should be something other than a house at the beginning.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 309d
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.
egrets@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 309d
There's no other English word in the whole world that comes from wer? 😉
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 309d
I said "pretty much" because I assumed it was in there somewhere else. I never knew "world" had roots with it!
Justas@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 308d
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.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 308d
Meme still doesn't make sense
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 308d
It does as a pun.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 308d
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.
ChexMax@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 308d
Me staring at this for three minutes trying to figure out how this is possibly loss.
Natanael@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 308d
It's meta. Warehouses tends to have some loss.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 309d
Can someone who isn’t a moron like me explain this to me?
LordMayor@piefed.social · 20 pts · 309d
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Were-house/warehouse :::
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 309d
Ah thank you.
ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 309d
on a full moon houses are afraid of garages
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 308d
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.
ekZepp@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 309d
"Oh no!"
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 309d
Were-pot?
ekZepp@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 309d
ware pot
Triasha@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 308d
Cookware?
grue@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 309d
"...not again"
DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 309d
Farberware pot
Exusia@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 309d
...potted...moon...pot?
Natanael@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 308d
Silverware