Masculine

Darm

Meaning

intestine, gut

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/darm/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German darm, from Old High German darm, from Proto-West Germanic *þarm, from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz. Cognate with Old Norse þarmr (whence Danish tarm), obsolete English tharms (“twisted guts”). Compare Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “hole”).

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