*wurmiz
Runic: ᚹᚢᚱᛗᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwur.miz/noun · masculine · i-stem
Meanings
- worm
- serpent, snake, dragon
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (‘worm’). Cognate with Latin vermis, Ancient Greek ῥόμος (rhómos) (rhómos), Lithuanian var̃mas (‘bug, fly’), Old Prussian wormyan (‘red’), Old East Slavic *вьрмиѥ (*vĭrmije) (whence Ukrainian вермяний (vermjanyj, ‘red’)). The meaning red developed from a colour that one gains by a scale insect.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | wurmiz | wurmīz |
| Acc. | wurmį | wurminz |
| Gen. | wurmīz | wurmijǫ̂ |
| Dat. | wurmī | wurmimaz |
| Inst. | wurmī | wurmimiz |
| Voc. | wurmi | wurmīz |
Descendants
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*wurmi (Proto-West Germanic)
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wurm (Old Dutch)
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worm, wurm (Middle Dutch)
- worm (Limburgish)
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worm, wurm (Middle Dutch)
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wurm (Old Dutch)
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*wurmi (Proto-West Germanic)
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wurm (Old Dutch)
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worm, wurm (Middle Dutch)
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worm, wurm (Dutch)
- wurm (Afrikaans)
- worum (Berbice Creole Dutch)
- worm, wurum (Negerhollands)
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worm, wurm (Dutch)
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worm, wurm (Middle Dutch)
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wurm (Old Dutch)
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*wurmi (Proto-West Germanic)
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wyrm, weorm, wurm (Old English)
- wyrm (English)
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wyrm, weorm, wurm (Old English)
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*wurmi (Proto-West Germanic)
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wyrm, weorm, wurm (Old English)
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worm, werm, wirm, worme, wrim, wurm, wyrm, wyrme (Middle English)
- worm (English)
- worm, wirm (Scots)
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worm, werm, wirm, worme, wrim, wurm, wyrm, wyrme (Middle English)
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wyrm, weorm, wurm (Old English)
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*wurmi (Proto-West Germanic)
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gourme, gorme (Old French)
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gourme (French)
- gurma (Spanish)
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gourme (French)
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gourme, gorme (Old French)
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*wurmi (Proto-West Germanic)
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worm, werm, wirm (Old Frisian)
- ? (North Frisian)
- Wurm, Wúurm (Saterland Frisian)
- wjirm (West Frisian)
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worm, werm, wirm (Old Frisian)
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*wurmi (Proto-West Germanic)
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wurm (Old High German)
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wurm (Middle High German)
- Wüüre (Alemannic German)
- ? (Bavarian)
- Wurm (German)
- Worrem (Hunsrik)
- Wuerm (Luxembourgish)
- wüm (Vilamovian)
- וואָרעם (vorem) (Yiddish)
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wurm (Middle High German)
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wurm (Old High German)
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*wurmi (Proto-West Germanic)
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wurm (Old Saxon)
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worm (Middle Low German)
- ? (Low German)
- Worm (Plautdietsch)
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worm (Middle Low German)
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wurm (Old Saxon)
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ormr (Old Norse)
- orm (Danish)
- uorm (Elfdalian)
- ormur (Faroese)
- årm, årrm (Gutnish)
- ormur (Icelandic)
- orm (Norn)
- orm (Norwegian)
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ormr (Old Norse)
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ormber (Old Swedish)
- orm (Swedish)
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ormber (Old Swedish)
- 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms) (Gothic)
- *urmē (Proto-Samic)