Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tam

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Adjective

*tam

1. tame

   Antonym: *wilþī

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*tam
Genitive	*tamas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*tam	*tamu	*tam
Accusative	*tamanā	*tamā	*tam
Genitive	*tamas	*tameʀā	*tamas
Dative	*tamumē	*tameʀē	*tamumē
Instrumental	*tamu	*tameʀu	*tamu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*tamē	*tamō	*tamu
Accusative	*tamā	*tamā	*tamu
Genitive	*tameʀō	*tameʀō	*tameʀō
Dative	*tamēm, *tamum	*tamēm, *tamum	*tamēm, *tamum
Instrumental	*tamēm, *tamum	*tamēm, *tamum	*tamēm, *tamum

Derived terms

• *handutam
• *tammjan
• *tamōn

Descendants

• Old English: tam, tom
  • Middle English: tame, tam, tom, tome (early Southwest and Southwest Midlands)
    • English: tame
    • Scots: tame
• Old Frisian: tam, tom (in compounds)
  • Saterland Frisian: tom
  • West Frisian: tam
• Old Saxon: tam
  • Middle Low German: tam
    • Low German: tamm, tahm
• Old Dutch: *tam
  • Middle Dutch: tam
    • Dutch: tam
      • Afrikaans: tam
      • Negerhollands: teem
• Old High German: zam
  • Middle High German: zam
    • Alemannic German: zam
    • German: zahm
    • Hunsrik: zaam
    • Luxembourgish: zam