Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tam

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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

Descendants

Old English: tam, tom
- Middle English: tame, tam
  - 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
Old High German: zam
- Middle High German: zam
  - Alemannic German: zam
  - German: zahm
  - Hunsrik: zaam
  - Luxembourgish: zam