wyrm
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Old English wyrm. Doublet of worm, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːm/
- (US) enPR: wûrm, IPA(key): /wɚm/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Noun
editwyrm (plural wyrms)
See also
editMiddle English
editNoun
editwyrm
- Alternative form of worm
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm, serpent, snake”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”). Cognate with Old Frisian wirm, Old Saxon wurm, Old High German wurm, Old Norse ormr, and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin vermis (“worm”), Lithuanian varmas (“midge”), Old East Slavic вермие (vermije, “locusts, worms”), and Ancient Greek ῥόμος (rhómos, “earthworm”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwyrm m
Declension
editDeclension of wyrm (strong i-stem)
Derived terms
editDerived terms
Descendants
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