Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wurmi

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurmiz.

Noun

*wurmi m

1. worm
2. serpent, snake

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wurmi
Genitive	*wurmī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wurmi	*wurmī
Accusative	*wurmi	*wurmī
Genitive	*wurmī	*wurmijō
Dative	*wurmī	*wurmim, *wurmijum
Instrumental	*wurmī	*wurmim, *wurmijum

Derived terms

• *regnawurmi

Descendants

• Old English: wyrm, weorm, wurm
  • Middle English: worm, werm, wirm, worme, wrim, wurm, wyrm, wyrme
    • English: worm
    • Scots: worm, wirm
  • → English: wyrm
• Old Frisian: worm, werm, wirm
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: wörem

    Mooring: wörm

    Sylt: Würem

  • Saterland Frisian: Wurm, Wúurm
  • West Frisian: wjirm
• Old Saxon: wurm
  • Middle Low German: worm
    • Low German:

      German Low German: Worm

    • Plautdietsch: Worm
• Old Dutch: wurm
  • Middle Dutch: worm, wurm
    • Dutch: worm, wurm
      • Afrikaans: wurm
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: worum
      • Negerhollands: worm, wurum
    • Limburgish: worm
• Old High German: wurm
  • Middle High German: wurm
    • Alemannic German: Wüüre
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: bórm, burm

      Mòcheno: burm

    • Hunsrik: Worrem
    • German: Wurm
    • Luxembourgish: Wuerm
    • Vilamovian: wüm
    • Yiddish: וואָרעם (vorem)
• → Old French: gourme, gorme
  • French: gourme
    • → Spanish: gurma