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.

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]

*tamisu f

1. sieve

• *tamisōn

• Old English: *tæmes, *temes (in compounds)
  • Middle English: temse, temes, temeze, temmes, temps, tempse, temys, temze
    • English: temse, tems, tempse
    • Scots: teemse
• Old Frisian: *tames, *temes, *temse
  • Saterland Frisian: Teemse
  • West Frisian: teams, tiems
• Old Saxon: *temusa, *temisa
  • Middle Low German: temese, temse f; temes, temis, tems n
    • German Low German: Teemse, Teems
• Old Dutch: *temusa, *temisa, *temsa
  • Middle Dutch: temse, tems, temst
    • Dutch: teems (dialectal)
• Old High German: zemisa; temis, zemis
  • Middle High German: *zemes, *zems
    • German: Zimes, Zems, Zims (dialectal)