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While in the shower, I remembered an etymology video I watched a while ago. It explained that the Old English word for a male human was wer, while a female human was wīfman (which eventually evolved into wife and woman). Back then, man simply meant "human" or "person." Over time, man shifted to refer exclusively to adult males, leaving wer obsolete except in terms like werewolf or wererat. This made me wonder: does anyone use—or could someone use—wif-wolf to specify a female lycanthrope?

While in the shower, I remembered an etymology video I watched a while ago. It explained that the Old English word for a male human was wer, while a female human was wīfman (which eventually evolved into wife and woman). Back then, man simply meant "human" or "person." Over time, man shifted to refer exclusively to adult males, leaving wer obsolete except in terms like werewolf or wererat. This made me wonder: does anyone use—or could someone use—wif-wolf to specify a female lycanthrope?

While in the shower, I remembered an etymology video I watched a while ago. It explained that the Old English word for a male human was wer, while a female human was wīfman (which eventually evolved into wife and woman). Back then, man simply meant "human" or "person." Over time, man shifted to refer exclusively to adult males, leaving wer obsolete except in terms like werewolf or wererat. This made me wonder: does anyone use—or could someone use—wif-wolf to specify a female lycanthrope?

While in the shower, I remembered an etymology video I watched a while ago. It explained that the Old English word for a male human was wer, while a female human was wīfman (which eventually evolved into wife and woman). Back then, man simply meant "human" or "person." Over time, man shifted to refer exclusively to adult males, leaving wer obsolete except in terms like werewolf or wererat. This made me wonder: does anyone use—or could someone use—wif-wolf to specify a female lycanthrope?

While in the shower, I remembered an etymology video I watched a while ago. It explained that the Old English word for a male human was wer, while a female human was wīfman (which eventually evolved into wife and woman). Back then, man simply meant "human" or "person." Over time, man shifted to refer exclusively to adult males, leaving wer obsolete except in terms like werewolf or wererat. This made me wonder: does anyone use—or could someone use—wif-wolf to specify a female lycanthrope?