Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wurmi

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 Proto-Germanic *wurmiz.

Noun

*wurmi m

worm
serpent, snake

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wurmi
Genitive	*wurmī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wurmi	*wurmī
Accusative	*wurmi	*wurmī
Genitive	*wurmī	*wurmijō
Dative	*wurmī	wurmim, wurmijum
Instrumental	*wurmī	wurmim, wurmijum

Descendants

Old English: wyrm
- Middle English: worm, werm, wirm, wurm, wyrm, wyrme, wrim, worme
  - English: worm
  - Scots: worm, wirm
- → English: wyrm
Old Frisian: worm, werm, wirm
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: wörem
- Saterland Frisian: Wurm, Wúurm
- West Frisian: wjirm
Old Saxon: wurm
- Middle Low German: worm
  - Low German:
    German Low German: Worm
  - Plautdietsch: Worm
Old Dutch: wurm, worm
- Middle Dutch: worm
  - Dutch: worm, wurm
    - Afrikaans: wurm
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: worum
    - Negerhollands: worm, wurum
  - Limburgish: worm
Old High German: wurm
- Middle High German: wurm
  - Alemannic German: Wüüre
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: bórm, burm
    Mòcheno: burm
  - Hunsrik: Worrem
  - German: Wurm
  - Luxembourgish: Wuerm
  - Vilamovian: wüm
  - Yiddish: וואָרעם‎ (vorem)
→ Old French: gourme, gorme
- French: gourme
  - → Spanish: gurma