Etymograph

English

tharm

Tharm comes from Middle English tharm ‘an intestine’, from Proto-West Germanic *þarm ‘guts’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þarmaz1‘guts’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þarm1‘guts’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150þearm1‘gut, entrail, intestine’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tharm1‘an intestine’
  5. Englishtodaytharm1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English tharm

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þarmazWiktionary, English tharm‘guts’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þarmWiktionary, English tharm‘guts’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150þearmWiktionary, English tharm‘gut, entrail, intestine’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tharmWiktionary, English tharm‘an intestine’
  5. EnglishtodaytharmWiktionary, English tharm

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ter- ‘to rub, bore, twist’

term, tram, thrill, intrigue, treachery, thro, inextricable, 34 more

through Proto-West Germanic *þarm ‘guts’

derma

Today it means

noun An intestine; an entrail; gut.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tharm”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *þarmaz / tharm

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