Where does “tarma” come from?

tarma (Italian) comes from Latin tarmes, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

tarma (Italian): moth, clothes moth; third-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. moth, clothes moth; third-person singular present...

Ancestry of “tarma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintarmesa worm that eats wood; a woodworm
2Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “tarma”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Latin tarmes →