Etymology

dhampir

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Today it means: A half-human, half-vampire hybrid. Full definition →

Albanian dhampir ← Serbo-Croatian vàmpīrbor.? ← Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь
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The story

  1. Proto-Turkic*ōp-
  2. Proto-Turkic*ōpurder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  4. Proto-Balto-Slavic*au
  5. Proto-Slavic*u
  6. Proto-Slavic*pyřь
  7. Proto-Slavic*ǫpyrь
  8. Serbo-Croatianvàmpīrbor.?
  9. Albaniandhampir
  10. English todaydhampir

Borrowed from Albanian dhampir.

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