regenworm

Concepts

earthworm

worm

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intestinal worm

rainworm

stomach worm

groundworm

Synonyms

aardworm

pier

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regenwormen

worm

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Translations

Regenwurm

ver de terre

minhoca

lombric

lombriz de tierra

lombrico

lombriz

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lumbricus

cuc de terra

llambric

gusano de tierra

γαιοσκώληκας

yer solucanı

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: *regenworm

Inherited from Old Dutch: *reganwurm

In summary

First attested 1563. From Middle Dutch *regenworm, from Old Dutch *reganwurm, from Proto-West Germanic *regnawurmi (see there for cognates). By surface analysis, regen (“rain”) + worm (“worm”), so called because of the animal's habit of surfacing after rainfall.