Where does “zähmen” come from?

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

zähmen (German): to tame

Definitions

  1. to tame

Ancestry of “zähmen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “zähmen”

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