An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Darm

by Friedrich Kluge

Darm, masculine, ‘gut, intestine,’ from the equivalent Middle High German darm, Old High German daram, masculine; compare Anglo-Saxon þearm, Old Frisian therm, Dutch darm, Old Icelandic þarmr, masculine, Swedish and Danish tarm. Corresponds in the non-Teutonic languages to Latin trâmes, ‘way,’ Greek τρῆμα, ‘hole, eye,’ τράμις, ‘perineum,’ from root tar, ‘to traverse.’ Hence the original sense of Darm was probably ‘passage.’ — Allied to the collective Gedärm (Modern High German), neuter, ‘entrails,’ from the equivalent Middle High German gederme, Old High German gidermi, neuter.