Etymograph

English

Yoda worm

From Yoda + worm; named after the fictional character Yoda from Star Wars due to the ear-like lip structures of the worm.

A compound of Yoda + worm

Sanskrit योद्धृ ‘warrior’

English Yoda

Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis

Proto-Germanic *wurmiz

Proto-West Germanic *wurmi

Old English weorm

Middle English werm

English worm

The story

From Yoda + worm; named after the fictional character Yoda from Star Wars due to the ear-like lip structures of the worm.

Today it means

noun Yoda purpurata, a deep-sea acorn worm.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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