Etymograph

English

lindworm

Lindworm comes from Proto-Germanic *linþawurmiz ‘serpent, snake’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*linþawurmiz‘serpent, snake’reconstructed
  2. Englishtodaylindworm

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*linþawurmiz‘serpent, snake’reconstructed
  2. Englishtodaylindworm

Today it means

noun A wingless serpentine dragon having two arms.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *linþawurmiz / lindworm