Where does “Tamise” come from?

Tamise (Old French) comes from Proto-Celtic tamesās, from Proto-Celtic tames, from Proto-Indo-European tm̥Hes-, from Proto-Indo-European témHes-, from Proto-Indo-European temH- — dark.

Tamise (Old French): Thames (river through London)

Definitions

  1. Thames (river through London)

Ancestry of “Tamise”, step by step

Tamise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic tamesās

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictamesāsriver, waters
2Proto-Celtictames—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantm̥Hes-—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantémHes-—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-dark

via Old English Temese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishTemese—
2LatinTamesisthe Thames a river in Britain that runs through London
3Proto-Brythonic*Tamesis—

Words derived from “Tamise”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temH- →