Where does “tæmme” come from?

tæmme (Danish) comes from Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic tamjaną, from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- — to tame, domesticate.

tæmme (Danish): tame; domesticate; control, curb

Definitions

  1. tame; domesticate; control, curb

Ancestry of “tæmme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetemjato tame
2Proto-Germanictamjanąto tame
3Proto-Indo-Europeandemh₂-to tame, domesticate

Words derived from “tæmme”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tamjaną →Every word from Old Norse temja →