Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/regnawurmi

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 *regn (“rain”) +‎ *wurmi (“worm”).

Noun

*regnawurmi m

1. earthworm

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*regnawurmi
Genitive	*regnawurmī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*regnawurmi	*regnawurmī
Accusative	*regnawurmi	*regnawurmī
Genitive	*regnawurmī	*regnawurmijō
Dative	*regnawurmī	*regnawurmim, *regnawurmijum
Instrumental	*regnawurmī	*regnawurmim, *regnawurmijum

Descendants

• Old English: reġnwyrm, rēnwyrm
  • Middle English: *reinwurm, *reinworm
    • English: rainworm
• Old Frisian: *reinwerm, *reinwirm
  • West Frisian: reinwjirm
• Old Saxon: *reganwurm, *reginwurm
  • Middle Low German: rēgenworm
    • German Low German: Regenwurm
• Old Dutch: *reganwurm
  • Middle Dutch: *regenworm
    • Dutch: regenworm
      • Afrikaans: reënwurm
• Old High German: reganwurm
  • Middle High German: regenwurm, reinwurm
    • German: Regenwurm