Reconstruction:Old Dutch/tharm

This Old Dutch entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þarm, from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz.

Noun

*tharm m

1. intestine, gut

Inflection

Declension of *tharm (masculine a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*tharm	*tharma
accusative	*tharm	*tharma
genitive	*tharmes	*tharmo
dative	*tharme	*tharmon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: darm, dāerm, derm
  • Dutch: darm (dialectal derm)
    • Afrikaans: derm
      • → English: derm
  • Limburgish: derm
  • West Flemish: derm

Further reading

• “tharm”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012