Definition of THARM

tharm

Plural: tharms

Noun

  • An intestine; an entrail; gut.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Scrabble Score: 10

tharm is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
tharm is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tharm is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

tharm is a valid Words With Friends word