Where does “Tame” come from?

Tame comes from Old English tam, from Proto-Germanic tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European demh₂-, meaning to subdue or break in.

Tame (English): river

Definitions

  1. river

Ancestry of “Tame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtametame, domesticated; cultivated, domesticated;...
2Old Englishtamtame
3Proto-West Germanictamtame
4Proto-Germanictamaztame
5Proto-Indo-Europeandemh₂-to tame, domesticate

Words derived from “Tame”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- →