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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tamisu

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

Unknown; perhaps borrowed from Gaulish/Gallo-Romance *tamisium, *tamision; in any case, cognate with Latin tamisium (more at tamis) and possibly Ancient Greek τάμῐσος (támisos).[1]

The Gaulish word itself is of uncertain origin, perhaps borrowed from a substrate. The closest Celtic cognate is Breton tamoez, tañouiz, but this itself could be a Romance borrowing.[2]

Noun

*tamisu f

  1. sieve

Inflection
ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *tamisu
Genitive *tamisā
Singular Plural
Nominative *tamisu *tamisō
Accusative *tamisā *tamisā
Genitive *tamisā *tamisō
Dative *tamisē *tamisōm, *tamisum
Instrumental *tamisu *tamisōm, *tamisum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: *tæmes, *temes (in compounds)
  • Old Frisian: *tames, *temes, *temse
    • Saterland Frisian: Teemse
    • West Frisian: teams, tiems
  • Old Saxon: *temusa, *temisa
  • Old Dutch: *temusa, *temisa, *temsa
  • Old High German: zemisa; temis, zemis
    • Middle High German: *zemes, *zems
      • German: Zimes, Zems, Zims (dialectal)

References
  1. Anthony F. Buccini (2021 July) “Poetic Wisdom and Food for the ‘Savage Mind’: Greek tamisos and Provençal toma as Evidence of Ancient Celtic Cheesemaking”, in Oxford Food Symposium on Food and Cookery 2021-2022, Oxford University, pages 44-56.
  2. Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie. (1956). Germany: Max Niemeyer Verlag, p. 34
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