Masculine

Darm

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intestine, gut

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/darm/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Old Norse

Cognate with Danish

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Cognate with Ancient Greek

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”).