wurm
Old Saxon
/wurm/
noun
Definitions
- a serpent or snake
- a creeping insect, maggot, grub, or worm
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (worm, snake).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wurmiz
Gloss
worm, snake
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
蛇
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *wr̥mis Proto-Indo-European
- orm Norwegian Bokmål
- *wurmiz Proto-Germanic
- orm Norwegian Nynorsk
- regnwyrm Old English
- seolcwyrm Old English
- slawyrm Old English
- wyrm Old English
- wyrmcynn Old English
- wyrmread Old English
- worm Middle English
- ormr Old Norse
- orm Danish
- ormur Icelandic
- wurm Old High German
- ormur Faroese
- 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 Gothic
- *wurmi gmw-pro
- *wurm Old Dutch
- ormber Old Swedish
- werm Old Frisian