Werm
/wɜːrm/noun
An obsolete or dialectal English spelling and variant of “worm.”
Did you know?Old English wyrm could mean a worm, serpent, or dragon, linking the humble earthworm with legendary monsters in Germanic tradition.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wr̥mis
“A worm or creeping creature”
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*wurmiz
“A worm or serpent”
Old English
Old English
wyrm
“A worm, serpent, or dragon”
Middle English
Middle English
werm
“A spelling variant of worm, referring to a worm or serpent”
Modern English
English
worm
“A long, soft-bodied invertebrate, especially one that lives in soil”
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