Wurm
German (Berlin)
/vʊrm/
noun
Definitions
- (biology) worm
- (informal) maggot, grub
- (archaic) any crawling animal, e.g. a reptile
- (poetic) dragon, lindworm, wyrm
- (computing) worm
- (colloquial) a baby or small child; a mite; any helpless creature
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German wurm inherited from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (worm, snake) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (worm).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wr̥mis
Gloss
worm
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Tatzelwurm English
- angleworm English
- antiworm English
- armyworm English
- arrow worm English
- arrowworm English
- backworm English
- bagworm English
- basketworm English
- beetworm English
- blackworm English
- bladderworm English
- bollworm English
- bookworm English
- brainworm English
- budworm English
- buzzworm English
- caddisworm English
- cankerworm English
- caseworm English
- catworm English
- cockworm English
- coneworm English
- copperworm English
- cornworm English
- cryptoworm English
- cutworm English
- deworm English
- dewworm English
- dropworm English
- earthworm English
- earworm English
- eelworm English
- eigenworm English
- eyeworm English
- fireworm English
- fishworm English
- flagworm English
- flatworm English
- fleshworm English
- flukeworm English
- gapeworm English
- glowworm English
- gnatworm English
- gourdworm English
- groundworm English
- grubworm English
- hairworm English
- heartworm English
- hookworm English
- hornworm English
- horseworm English
- inchworm English
- jointworm English
- leafworm English
- lungworm English
- maltworm English
- mealworm English
- mealworm beetle English
- melonworm English
- muckworm English
- nanoworm English
- palmerworm English
- palmworm English
- pickleworm English
- pileworm English
- pillworm English
- pinworm English
- potworm English
- ragworm English
- rainworm English
- redworm English
- ringworm English
- rootworm English
- roseworm English
- roundworm English
- rye-worm English
- sandworm English
- screwworm English
- seatworm English
- shipworm English
- silkworm English
- skin worm English
- slugworm English
- spanworm English
- spindleworm English
- spoonworm English
- strawworm English
- superworm English
- taintworm English
- tapeworm English
- threadworm English
- thunderworm English
- tongueworm English
- tree worm English
- tubeworm English
- waxworm English
- webworm English
- wheal-worm English
- wheatworm English
- whipworm English
- whiteworm English
- wireworm English
- witworm English
- woodworm English
- worm English
- wormable English
- wormcast English
- wormer English
- wormery English
- wormfish English
- wormfowl English
- wormgrass English
- wormhole English
- wormish English
- wormless English
- wormlet English
- wormlike English
- wormling English
- wormlion English
- wormly English
- wormproof English
- wormridden English
- wormroot English
- wormseed English
- wormshit English
- wormskin English
- wormwood English
- wormy English
- vermis Latin
- vermis, vermem Latin
- Band German
- Bandwurm German
- Bandwurmgegenmittel German
- Bandwurmsatz German
- Buch German
- Bücherwurm German
- Faden German
- Fadenwurm German
- Gewürm German
- Glühwurm German
- Glühwürmchen German
- Holz German
- Holzwurm German
- Loch German
- Made German
- Madenwurm German
- Ohr German
- Ohrwurm German
- Priap German
- Priapswurm German
- Regen German
- Regenwurm German
- Saugwurm German
- Schraube German
- Stich German
- Tatze German
- Tatzelwurm German
- Wurmloch German
- Wurmschraube German
- Würmchen German
- compound German
- glühen German
- saugen German
- wurmen German
- wurmstichig German
- aardworm Dutch, Flemish
- bolworm Dutch, Flemish
- buikworm Dutch, Flemish
- glimworm Dutch, Flemish
- haringworm Dutch, Flemish
- houtworm Dutch, Flemish
- kokerworm Dutch, Flemish
- korenworm Dutch, Flemish
- lintworm Dutch, Flemish
- meelworm Dutch, Flemish
- paalworm Dutch, Flemish
- pijlworm Dutch, Flemish
- regenworm Dutch, Flemish
- ringworm Dutch, Flemish
- rondworm Dutch, Flemish
- worm Dutch, Flemish
- wormdodend Dutch, Flemish
- wormstekig Dutch, Flemish
- wormvormig Dutch, Flemish
- ῥόμος Ancient Greek
- *-tis Proto-Indo-European
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *wr̥mis Proto-Indo-European
- worm Portuguese
- *wurmiz Proto-Germanic
- ワーム Japanese
- regnwyrm Old English
- seolcwyrm Old English
- slawyrm Old English
- wyrm Old English
- wyrmcynn Old English
- wyrmread Old English
- worm Middle English
- ormr Old Norse
- bogorm Danish
- orm Danish
- worm Middle Dutch
- wurm Old High German
- regenwurm Middle High German
- wurm Middle High German
- wurmen Middle High German
- wurmstichic Middle High German
- Bicherwuerm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Reewuerm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Wuerm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 Gothic
- וואָרעם Yiddish
- *wurmi gmw-pro
- *wurm Old Dutch
- burm Cimbrian
- bórm Cimbrian
- hékhborm Cimbrian
- wurm Old Saxon
- Wüüre Alemannic German
- ierdwjirm Western Frisian
- wjirm Western Frisian
- werm Old Frisian
- burm Mòcheno
- Ohr
- Loch
- Band
- Made
- Holz
- Buch
- Priap
- Faden
- Tatze
- Stich
- Regen
- glühen
- wurmen
- Gewürm
- saugen
- Ohrwurm
- Würmchen
- Saugwurm
- compound
- Glühwurm
- Bandwurm
- Schraube
- Wurmloch
- Holzwurm
- Fadenwurm
- Regenwurm
- Madenwurm
- Tatzelwurm
- Bücherwurm
- Priapswurm
- wurmstichig
- Wurmschraube
- Glühwürmchen
- Bandwurmsatz
- Bandwurmgegenmittel