Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wurmiz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
edit*wurmiz m[1]
Inflection
editi-stemDeclension of *wurmiz (i-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *wurmiz | *wurmīz | |
vocative | *wurmi | *wurmīz | |
accusative | *wurmį | *wurminz | |
genitive | *wurmīz | *wurmijǫ̂ | |
dative | *wurmī | *wurmimaz | |
instrumental | *wurmī | *wurmimiz |
Derived terms
edit- *(ga-)wurmiją
- *wurmijō
- Norwegian: yrme (“female snake”) (dialectal)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *wurmi
- Old Norse: ormr
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms)
References
edit- ↑ 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
- ^ 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