Where does “zaahm” come from?

zaahm (Pennsylvania German) comes from Old High German zam, from Proto-West Germanic tam, from Proto-Germanic tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- — to tame, domesticate.

zaahm (Pennsylvania German): tame

Definitions

  1. tame

Ancestry of “zaahm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzamtame
2Proto-West Germanictamtame
3Proto-Germanictamaztame
4Proto-Indo-Europeandemh₂-to tame, domesticate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tamaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tam →