Where does “bezähmen” come from?

bezähmen (German) comes from German zähmen, from Old High German zemmen, from Proto-Germanic tamjaną, from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- — to tame, domesticate.

bezähmen (German): to tame

Definitions

  1. to tame

Ancestry of “bezähmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzähmento tame
2Old High Germanzemmen—
3Proto-Germanictamjanąto tame
4Proto-Indo-Europeandemh₂-to tame, domesticate

Words derived from “bezähmen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tamjaną →Every word from Old High German zemmen →