Where does “tame” come from?

tame (Middle English) comes from Old English tam, from Proto-West Germanic tam, from Proto-Germanic tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- — to tame, domesticate.

tame (Middle English): tame, domesticated; cultivated, domesticated;...

Definitions

  1. tame, domesticated; cultivated, domesticated;...

Ancestry of “tame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtamtame
2Proto-West Germanictamtame
3Proto-Germanictamaztame
4Proto-Indo-Europeandemh₂-to tame, domesticate

Words derived from “tame”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tamaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tam →