Where does “Thames” come from?

Thames comes from Old English Temes, from Latin Tamesis, of unknown ultimate origin.

Thames (English): to the Thames Estuary and North Sea

Definitions

  1. to the Thames Estuary and North Sea

Ancestry of “Thames”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtemsea sieve
2Old EnglishTemesthe River Thames
3LatinTamesisthe Thames a river in Britain that runs through London
4Proto-Brythonic*Tamesis—

Words derived from “Thames”

Every word from Proto-Brythonic *Tamesis →Every word from Latin Tamesis →Every word from Old English Temes →