rainworm

Senso (Inglese)

An earthworm.

sinonimi

earthworm

Traduzioni

regenworm

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio:

Ereditato da inglese antico: reġnwyrm

Affine olandese: regenworm

Affine tedesco antico alto: reganwurm

Affine tedesco: Regenwurm

In summary

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English reġnwyrm, from Proto-Germanic [Term?]. Analysable as rain + worm, because the worm has the habit of surfacing on top of the saturated soil after rainfall. Cognate with Dutch regenworm, Old High German reganwurm, whence German Regenwurm.