Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To make or become tame; to domesticate (an animal). · To make submissive. · To take control of something that is unruly.
Under human control. · Docile or tranquil towards humans. · Of a person, well-behaved; not radical or extreme. · Of a non-Westernised person, accustomed to European society.
From Middle English tame, tome, weak inflection forms of Middle English tam, tom, from Old English tam, tom (“domesticated, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tam (“tame”), from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (“brought into the home, tame”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, dominate”). Cognate with Scots tam, tame (“tame”), Saterland Frisian tom (“tame”), West Frisian tam (“tame”), Dutch tam (“tame”), Low German Low German tamm, tahm (“tame”), German zahm (“tame”), Danish tam (“tame”), Swedish tam (“tame”), Icelandic tamur (“tame”). The verb is from Middle English tamen, temen, temien, from Old English temian (“to tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tammjan, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną (“to tame”).
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- Root classification mention*demh₂-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiontameenm
- Cognate mentiontamenm
- Inherited-form mentiontamang
- Inherited-form mention*tamgmw-pro · tame
- Inherited-form mention*tamazgem-pro · brought into the home, tame
- Inherited-form mention*demh₂-ine-pro · to tame, dominate
- Cognate mentiontamsco
- Cognate mentiontomstq · tame
- Cognate mentiontamfy · tame
- Cognate mentiontamnl · tame
- Cognate mentiontammnds
- Cognate mentionzahmde · tame
- Cognate mentiontamda · tame
- Cognate mentiontamsv · tame
- Cognate mentiontamuris · tame
- Inherited-form mentiontamenenm
- Inherited-form mentiontemianang · to tame
- Inherited-form mention*tammjangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*tamjanągem-pro · to tame
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