Where does “zvârcolac” come from?

zvârcolac (Romanian) comes from Romanian vârcolac, from Bulgarian върколак, from Proto-Slavic vьlkolàkъ — werewolf.

zvârcolac (Romanian): werewolf

Definitions

  1. werewolf

Ancestry of “zvârcolac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvârcolacwerewolf
2Bulgarianвърколакwerewolf
3Proto-Slavicvьlkolàkъwerewolf
Every word from Proto-Slavic vьlkolàkъ →Every word from Bulgarian върколак →Every word from Romanian vârcolac →