tharm

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English

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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tharm (plural tharms)

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

Anagrams

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Albanian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. yeast, sour dough, yoghurt ferment
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tharm”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 472

Middle English

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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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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

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  • English: tharm
  • Scots: thairm, tharm

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