ormur
Faroese
noun
Definitions
- serpent, snake
- worm
- caterpillar
- (folklore) dragon
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse ormr derived from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (worm, snake) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (worm).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wr̥mis
Gloss
worm
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vermis Latin
- vermis, vermem Latin
- ῥόμος Ancient Greek
- *-tis Proto-Indo-European
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *wr̥mis Proto-Indo-European
- orm Norwegian Bokmål
- *wurmiz Proto-Germanic
- orm Norwegian Nynorsk
- wyrm Old English
- hǫggormr Old Norse
- ormr Old Norse
- orm Danish
- ormur Icelandic
- wurm Old High German
- høgg Faroese
- høggormur Faroese
- 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 Gothic
- *wurmi gmw-pro
- *wurm Old Dutch
- wurm Old Saxon
- ormber Old Swedish
- werm Old Frisian