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Where does “tōmaz” come from?

tōmaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European doma- — to tame.

tōmaz (Proto-Germanic): free, clear, empty, unoccupied

Definitions

  1. free, clear, empty, unoccupied

Ancestry of “tōmaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandoma-to tame

Words derived from “tōmaz”

  • tame
  • tamely
  • tamer
  • Tame
  • tameness
  • untamable
  • untameable
  • tameless
  • toom
  • Tameside
  • tameable
  • entame
  • untamableness
  • untamably
  • tameability
  • tamelessness
  • untameably
  • untameableness
  • tamability
  • tameableness
  • tom
  • tömma
  • tomrum
  • halvtom
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