Where does “temme” come from?

temme (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic tamjaną, from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- — to tame, domesticate.

temme (Norwegian Bokmål): to tame, to domesticate

Definitions

  1. to tame, to domesticate

Ancestry of “temme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetemjato tame
2Proto-Germanictamjanąto tame
3Proto-Indo-Europeandemh₂-to tame, domesticate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tamjaną →Every word from Old Norse temja →
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