Tharm

Alternative forms

• therm obsolete
• thairm Scotland

Origin

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").

Full definition of tharm

Noun

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