Sun kasance

A da, ana yawan amfani da su tare da kalmar “wife” (mace), don yin ƙaƙƙarfan daidaiton sauti (alliteration) kamar yadda ake cewa “were and wife” a cikin al’ummomin da ke magana da harsunan Jamusanci.

A tsoffin harsuna na Jamusanci, kalmar tana bayyana kamar haka:

 Tsohon Turanci (Old English): wer
 Tsohon Holanci (Old Dutch): wer
 Gotic (Gothic): waír
 Tsohon Frisian: wer
 Tsohon Saxon: wer
 Tsohon Babban Jamusanci (Old High German): wer
 Tsohon Norse: verr

A cikin Dokar Anglo-Saxon wer shine darajar rayuwar mutum. Ana iya buƙatar shi ya biya kuɗin sa ga sarki a matsayin hukunci don laifi. Idan aka kashe shi to danginsa suna da damar karbar wergild dinsa a matsayin diyya daga mai kisan.

 Magana da amfani 
Kalmar tana da cognates a wasu harsuna daban-daban, misali, Latin  (kamar yadda yake a cikin namiji) da tsoron Gaelic (jama'a  kamar Fir Bolg) dukansu suna nufin namiji.

Wataƙila wer ya zama wani ɓangare na kalma mai faɗi a cikin werewolf (mutum-wolf), kodayake akwai wasu kalmomin da aka gabatar. A cikin al'adun gargajiya da almara, kasance- sau da yawa ana gabatar da shi ga sunan dabba don nuna alade mai canza fasalin (misali "be-boar"). Hyphenation ya kasance tilas ne, amma yanzu an sauke shi, kamar yadda yake a cikin werecat da wererat. Babu takwaransa mai suna wifwylf ko wardiwylf .

 Dubi kuma 

 Jerin kalmomin ƙarya na yau da kullun na kalmomin Ingilishi # Sauran don tattaunawa mai tsawo game da wer, wardi, da mann
 Mutum (kalma) 

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 Kwararrun mutane
 Werehyena
 Jaguar ne
 Wererat
 Macijin

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