Talk:worm

shouldn't be added the fact that it's used for dragon still, at least in translations from Old English and "archaich"-esque speach? in The Hobbit they call Smaug a Worm and the translation I read of The Beowulf talks of a Worm. --58.93.45.83 05:25, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Worm and parcel with the lay
Is this intransitive? Though I remember seeing this sense of "worm" only in this phrase, I think it's transitive (to worm a rope). Anyone have a Chapman, or other nautical book, and can check? PierreAbbat 01:08, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

*kʷr̥mis and *wr̥mis ?
These two roots (according to wiktionary, Lithuanian comes from the first one - see there for more) seem very close. Are they really different roots ? --Fsojic (talk) 13:31, 30 September 2012 (UTC)


 * My suspicion is that *kʷr̥mis predates *wr̥mis, with Sanskrit also starting with k, kṛmi (कृमि) and both Lith. kirmis & kirmėlė given as related to s. sl. črŭvĭ, ir t. t., skr. kr̥mi-, persų kirm; s. air. cruim ir t. t. < ide. *kᵂr̥mi-., all, I think, with initial 'k', while Eng. worm comes from PIE *wrmi- "worm," from root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend." Muleiolenimi (talk) 10:44, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Croatian
There is already a translation entry for 'worm' under Serbo-Croatian, but given the rather protean nature of the pluricentric BCMS or Serbo-Croatian, etc. language(s), maybe it's not necessary to add one for Croatian? I'll wait a week or so for an answer then add it or not accordingly. Muleiolenimi (talk) 11:02, 4 April 2024 (UTC)