Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wr̥mis

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Possibly from the root *wer- (“to turn, to bend”). Alternatively, a mutation of the synonymous *kʷr̥mis.

Noun

*wr̥mis

1. worm

Reconstruction notes

Many descendants are reshaped irregularly due to taboo; compare *morwi- and *plúsis.

Ancient Greek ὅρμικας pl (hórmikas, “ants”), Tocharian B warme (“ant”) and Sanskrit वम्र (vamrá, “ant”), traditionally linked to *morwi- (“ant”), may however point to a distinct root *worm-, which could be the source of *wr̥mis.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• *kʷr̥mis

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *wrimi
  • Albanian: rrime
• Proto-Armenian:
  • >? Old Armenian: որդն (ordn)
• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wārmi-, *wārmas
  • Lithuanian: var̃mas (“mosquito, horse-fly, fly, bug”)
  • Old Prussian: wormyan (“red”), urminan, warmun
  • Proto-Slavic: *vьrmьje (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Celtic:
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Welsh: gwraint
• Proto-Germanic: *wurmiz (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: *wrómos
  • Ancient Greek: ῥόμος (rhómos, “wood-worm”)
• Proto-Italic: *wormis
  • Latin: vermis (see there for further descendants)

References