Etymology

lindworm

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Today it means: A wingless serpentine dragon having two arms. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *linþawurmiz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*linþawurmiz
  2. English todaylindworm

Cognate with Old Norse linnormr (“constrictor snake”), Norwegian lindorm (“serpent”), German Lindwurm (“dragon”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *linþawurmiz, likely via Old Norse.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.