tharm

Alternative forms

• therm (obsolete)
• thairm (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English tharm, therm, from Old English þearm (“gut, entrail, intestine”), 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”), Swedish tarm (“bowel, gut”), Icelandic þarmur (“bowel”), Latin trāmes (“way, path, track”), Ancient Greek τράμις (trámis, “tharm, gut”). Doublet of derm.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m

Noun

tharm (plural tharms)

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

Anagrams

• Marth, armth

Etymology

From thar.^[1]. Also compare Lithuanian šármas (“lye”) and German Germ (“yeast”).

Noun

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

1. yeast, sour dough, yoghurt ferment

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