tharm

English

Alternative forms

• therm (obsolete)
• thairm (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English tharm, therm, from Old English þearm (“gut, entrail, intestine”), from Proto-West Germanic *þarm (“guts”), from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz (“guts”), from Proto-Indo-European *tórmos, *torh₂mo- (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to rub, bore, twist”).

Cognate with Scots thairm (“gut, bowel, intestine”), North Frisian teerm (“bowel”), West Frisian term (“bowel”), Dutch darm (“bowel, gut, intestine”), German Darm (“gut, intestine, bowel”), Danish tarm (“bowel, gut, intestine”), Norwegian tarm (“intestine”), Norwegian Nynorsk tarm (“intestine”), Swedish tarm (“bowel, gut”), Icelandic þarmur (“bowel”), Latin trāmes (“way, path, track”), Ancient Greek τράμις (trámis, “tharm, gut”), τόρμος (tórmos, “socket, peg”). Doublet of derm.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m

Noun

tharm (plural tharms)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) An intestine; an entrail; gut.

Anagrams

• Marth, armth

Albanian

Etymology

From thar. Also compare Lithuanian šármas (“lye”) and German Germ (“yeast”).

Noun

tharm m (plural tharmë, definite tharmi, definite plural tharmet)

1. yeast, sour dough, yoghurt ferment

Related terms

• thar
• thartë

Middle English

Alternative forms

• therm, þarm, þearm, thaarme, þram, þerm

Etymology

From Old English þearm.

Cognate to Old Frisian therm, Middle Low German darm, Middle Dutch darm, daerm, derm, Middle High German darm, Old Swedish tharmber, and Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θarm/, /θɛrm/

Noun

tharm (plural tharmes)

1. One of a creature's organs especially when located in the chest.
2. (often as plural) The guts, entrails, bowels or intestines.
3. (often as plural) The guts or intestines used as food.
4. (rare) A parasitic worm living in the intestines.
5. (rare) A child; one of one's immediate offspring or descendants.

Descendants

• English: tharm
• Scots: thairm, tharm

References

• “tharm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-11.