handtam
Old English
adj
Definitions
- tame enough to be handled
Etymology
Inherited from *handutam com from Old English hand (hand, side, person regarded as holder receiver of something, control, possession, power, charge, agency) + Old English tam.
Origin
Old English
tam
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- handtame English
- *handuz Proto-Germanic
- *tamaz Proto-Germanic
- hand Old English
- handboc Old English
- handbred Old English
- handcosp Old English
- handgeweorc Old English
- handgewrit Old English
- handlian Old English
- handscyldig Old English
- handseax Old English
- handweorc Old English
- tam Old English
- wifhand Old English
- wæpnedhand Old English
- hand Middle English
- handtame Middle English
- hond Middle English
- honde Middle English
- tame Middle English
- hantzām Old High German
- *handu gmw-pro
- *handutam gmw-pro
- *tam gmw-pro