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Where does “βουρκόλακας” come from?
βουρκόλακας (Byzantine Greek) comes from Bulgarian върколак, from Proto-Slavic vьlkolàkъ — werewolf.
Ancestry of “βουρκόλακας”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Bulgarian
върколак
werewolf
2
Proto-Slavic
vьlkolàkъ
werewolf
Words derived from “βουρκόλακας”
βρικόλακας
Every word from Proto-Slavic vьlkolàkъ →
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