Where does “tämja” come from?

tämja (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish tæmia, from Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic tamjaną, from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- — to tame, domesticate.

tämja (Swedish): to tame (make a (wild) animal tame)

Definitions

  1. to tame (make a (wild) animal tame)

Ancestry of “tämja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishtæmiato tame; to subdue
2Old Norsetemjato tame
3Proto-Germanictamjanąto tame
4Proto-Indo-Europeandemh₂-to tame, domesticate

Words derived from “tämja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tamjaną →Every word from Old Norse temja →