My girlfriend from Romania used to call me this, but died before I learned much of her language.
2007-06-24 08:34:43 · 2 answers · asked by tee p 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's an alteration of the Greek word for "vampire" vroukolakas and is a borrowing from Slavic. Its Romanian form is vârcolac (pronounced almost like voor-koh-lock) and means a werewolf in Romanian. Similar words which mean "vampire, however, " are found in all of the Slavic languages of Eastern Europe. "Vorkolak" is first recoreded as a word for a Slavic-type vampire in the 13th century. However, it is probably an earlier loanword from Germanic since it is similar to the English word warlock (male witch) from Anglo-Saxon wærloga.
The Romans believed in mythological creatures similar to vampires called lamia or strigae and the ancient Irish even had one called dul dearg (dool dyahr-ug) but the modern conception of a vampire is pretty much a Slavic one.
2007-06-24 13:14:00 · answer #1 · answered by Brennus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi!i dontknow what it means in her language but in greek ,vrykolakas means vampire
2007-06-24 11:25:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋