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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *ebVrV
Meaning: worm, snake
Russian meaning: червь, змея
Comments: The Turkic form strongly suggests that PJ *bǝ̀rǝ̀tì is a contraction of a longer *ǝ̀bǝ̀rǝ̀tì.
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *ebren
Meaning: snake
Russian meaning: змея
Turkish: (Osm.) evren 'dragon', cf. mod. 'heaven vault' ( < `snake-rainbow' ?)
Middle Turkic: MKypch. ewren 'adder' (Houts.) Chuvash: vǝʷre śǝlen 'dragon' (lit. 'hot snake'), vereni (Bulg.)
Gagauz: ievrem 'fiery snake'
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ūre
Meaning: 1 worm 2 snake
Russian meaning: 1 червь (дождевой) 2 змея
Evenki: ūre 1
Negidal: uje 1
Ulcha: were(n) 2
Udighe: wē (Корм. 219), uje Comments: ТМС 1, 132; 2, 289. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-neg,tunget-ulc,tunget-ude,tunget-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *bǝ̀rǝ̀tì ( ~ -ua-)
Meaning: big snake
Russian meaning: большая змея
Old Japanese: woroti
Middle Japanese: wòròtì, wòròdì
Tokyo: órochi
Kyoto: óròchì
Kagoshima: oróchi
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *wVrmV
Meaning: worm, insect
Comments: Cf. Amer. (R 668) *oro 'snake, worm' ?
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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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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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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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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 1690
Proto: *urma (ūrma)
English meaning: boil, wound (caused by an insect larva?)
German meaning: (? durch die Larve irgendeines Insektes verursachte) Beule, Geschwulst
Finnish: (virma 'feurig, wild, kollerig; Fallsucht, Epilepsie, Wahnsinn' - rejected by Redei)
Estonian: urm (gen. urma) 'Blut, blutige Wunde'
Saam (Lapp): orbmes, urbmes 'culicum species', ur`mas (L) 'Tiere, die "Unfrieden" verursachen (Bär, Wolf, Vielfraß; nicht "Mücke"); kleine fliegende Insekten verschiedener Art (die im Sommer beunruhigen), uirm (Kld. Not. A) 'Pocke, Blatter', ur̨̄me (Kld.), ur̨̄m̄e (Ko. Not.) 'Larve der rentierbremse (im Rücken unter dem Fell des Rentieres)' ( > Finn. urme, gen. urmeen 'Dasselbeule, Larve der Rentierbremse', urme, urmas 'Knollen, Beule, Geschwulst, Bremsenlarve auf dem Rücken des Rentiers')
Mordovian: orma (E), urma (M) 'Krankheit, Übel', veŕ-orma (E) 'Blutgeschwür'
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