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Where does “temmen” come from?

temmen (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic tamjaną, from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- — to tame, domesticate.

Ancestry of “temmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictamjanąto tame
2Proto-Indo-Europeandemh₂-to tame, domesticate

Words derived from “temmen”

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