*þarmaz

Runic: ᚦᚨᚱᛗᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈθɑr.mɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

intestine

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *tórmos (‘borehole’), and cognate with Ancient Greek τράμις (trámis) (trámis, ‘space between anus and genitals; perineum’). Though Kroonen explicitly adduces no further cognates, Orel appears to consider the root further derived from *terh₁- (‘to bore, pierce’), and additionally compares Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos) (tórmos, ‘hole’), τείρω (teírō, ‘to wear out, distress’), τερέω (teréō, ‘to drill, bore’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	þarmaz	þarmōz, þarmōs
Acc.	þarmą	þarmanz
Gen.	þarmas, þarmis	þarmǫ̂
Dat.	þarmai	þarmamaz
Inst.	þarmō	þarmamiz
Voc.	þarm	þarmōz, þarmōs

Find a form

Descendants

*þarm (Proto-West Germanic)
- *tharm (Old Dutch)
  - darm, dāerm, derm (Middle Dutch)
    - derm (Limburgish)
    - derm (West Flemish)
*þarm (Proto-West Germanic)
- *tharm (Old Dutch)
  - darm, dāerm, derm (Middle Dutch)
    - darm (Dutch)
      - derm (Afrikaans)
        
        derm (English)
*þarm (Proto-West Germanic)
- þearm (Old English)
  - tharm, therm (Middle English)
    - tharm (English)
    - thairm, tharm (Scots)
*þarm (Proto-West Germanic)
- therm (Old Frisian)
  - teerm (North Frisian)
  - Tíerm (Saterland Frisian)
  - term (West Frisian)
*þarm (Proto-West Germanic)
- darm (Old High German)
  - darm (Middle High German)
    - Darm (German)
    - Daarem (Hunsrik)
    - Daarm (Luxembourgish)
    - diüem (Vilamovian)
*þarm (Proto-West Germanic)
- darm (Old High German)
  - darm (Middle High German)
    - דאַרם (darm) (Yiddish)
      - derma (English)
*þarm (Proto-West Germanic)
- tharm (Old Saxon)
  - darm (Middle Low German)
    - ? (German Low German)
    - Doarm (Plautdietsch)
þarmr (Old Norse)
- tarmur (Faroese)
- þarmur (Icelandic)
- tarm, tærm (Norwegian Nynorsk)
þarmr (Old Norse)
- tarm (Danish)
  - tarm (Norwegian Bokmål)
þarmr (Old Norse)
- tharmber (Old Swedish)
  - tarm (Swedish)

Explore/search these descendants

View on Wiktionary