Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wurmiz

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis.[1] Cognate with Latin vermis, Ancient Greek ῥόμος (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.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*wurmiz m[1]

  1. worm
    Synonym: *maþô
  2. serpent, snake
    Synonyms: *agiz, *linþaz, *nadraz, *nadrǭ, *slangô

Inflection[edit]

i-stemDeclension of *wurmiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wurmiz *wurmīz
vocative *wurmi *wurmīz
accusative *wurmį *wurminz
genitive *wurmīz *wurmijǫ̂
dative *wurmī *wurmimaz
instrumental *wurmī *wurmimiz

Derived terms[edit]

  • *(ga-)wurmją
    • Old Norse: yrmi (“vermin”)
    • German: Gewürm (“vermin”)
  • *wurmjō
    • Norwegian: yrme (“female snake”) (dialectal)

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wurmi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 600
  2. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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