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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *war̃m-a- c.
Meaning: gnat, flying ant
Lithuanian: var̃ma-s `Mücke; (Vieh)bremse', dial. pl. varmai `fliegende Ameisen'
Old Prussian: wormyan 'red'
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *worm-
Meaning: worm
Old Greek: rhómo-s m. `wood-worm' Arc. 59.24, rhómoks (s.v.l.) Hsch.
Latin: vermis, gen. -is m. `Wurm'
Celtic: Cymr gwraint `Wurm'
Russ. meaning: жаба (червь; червец)
Comments: Contamination with *morw- 'ant'.
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *wurma-z, *wurmi-z m.; *wurmēn, -*ōn
Meaning: worm
Gothic: wɔrm-s m. (a) `snake'
Old Norse: orm-r m. `Schlange'
Norwegian: orm `Schlange'
Swedish: orm `Schlange'
Danish: orm `Schlange'
Old English: wyrm (wurm, weorm), -es m. `reptile, serpent; creepimg insect, worm'; wurma (wyrma), -an, m., wurme, -an f. `shell-fish from which a purple dye was obtained, purple dye; woad, plant from which dye is got'
English: worm
Old Frisian: wirm m.; wurma `Purpur'
Old Saxon: wurm `Wurm'
Middle Dutch: worm, wurm m., n. `woirm, insect; slang'
Dutch: worm, wurm m.
Middle Low German: worm `Wurm'
Old High German: wurm (8. Jh.) `Wurm'
Middle High German: wurm st. m. 'wurm, insekt (auch fliegendes); natter, schlange, drache; um sich fressendes geschwür, eine pferdekrankheit'
German: Wurm m.
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 2151
Root: u̯er-3: A. u̯r̥mi-s, u̯r̥mo-s
English meaning: worm
German meaning: `Wurm'
Material: Lat. vermis (aus *vormis, *u̯r̥mis); got. waúrms m. `Schlange', aisl. ormr, ags. wyrm, afries. wirm ds. `Wurm', as. ahd. wurm m. ds.; baltoslav. *u̯arma- m. `Wurm, Insekt' in lit. var̃mas `Insekt, Mücke', apr. wormyan Vok. `rot' (`wurmfarben'), ablaut. urminan ds., slav. vьrmьje n. `Insekten' in aruss. vermije, ukrain. vermányi `rot'; mit gleicher Bedeutung afries. worma ` Purpur', ahd. gi-uurmōt `rot gefärbt', ags. wurma m. `Purpurschnecke, Waid, Purpur', daraus entlehnt abret. uurm `dunkel', cymr. gwrm `dunkel(blau)', woraus wiederum air. gorm ds.; gr. PN αρμίχος und ῥόμος (äol. *ρόμος aus *u̯r̥mos) `Holzwurm' Hes.; vgl. von der g- oder gh-Erweiterung in derselben Bedeutung mir. frige f., Nom. Pl. frigit `Fleischwurm' (*u̯r̥g(h)-n̥tes), cymr. Pl. gwraint `Würmer in der Haut' (*u̯rg(h)n̥toi), gallolat. brigantes (*vrigantes) `Würmer im Augenlid'; mbret. gruech, nbret. grec'h f. `Milbe' (aus brit. *vriggā, mit Verschärfung).
References: WP. I 271, WH. II 760, Trautmann 342 f., Vasmer 1, 189, Frisk 501;
See also: Reimwort zu kʷr̥mi-, oben S. 649.
Pages: 1152
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