Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/regnawurmi

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 *regn (“rain”) +‎ *wurmi (“worm”).

Noun

*regnawurmi m

earthworm

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*regnawurmi
Genitive	*regnawurmī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*regnawurmi	*regnawurmī
Accusative	*regnawurmi	*regnawurmī
Genitive	*regnawurmī	*regnawurmijō
Dative	*regnawurmī	regnawurmim, regnawurmijum
Instrumental	*regnawurmī	regnawurmim, regnawurmijum

Descendants

Old English: reġnwyrm, rēnwyrm
- Middle English: *reinwurm, *reinworm
  - English: rainworm
Old Frisian: *reinwerm, *reinwirm
- West Frisian: reinwjirm
Old Saxon: *reganwurm, *reginwurm
- Middle Low German: rēgenworm
  - German Low German: Regenwurm
Old Dutch: *reganwurm
- Middle Dutch: *regenworm
  - Dutch: regenworm
Old High German: reganwurm
- Middle High German: regenwurm, reinwurm
  - German: Regenwurm

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