Where does “tom” come from?

tom (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German tam, from Proto-West Germanic tam, from Proto-Germanic tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- — to tame, domesticate.

tom (Plautdietsch): tame, domesticated

Definitions

  1. tame, domesticated

Ancestry of “tom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantam—
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 →