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Etymology

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#THAMES Category:English terms derived from Middle English#THAMES Temese, from Old English Category:English terms inherited from Old English#THAMES Category:English terms derived from Old English#THAMES Temes, Temese (compare Welsh Tafwys), from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#THAMES Tamesis, Tamesas.^[1] Variant spellings with h arose in Middle English due to the mistaken assumption of a Greek etymology.^[2]

The Latin name is from Proto-Brythonic Category:English terms derived from Proto-Brythonic#THAMES *Tamesis, from Proto-Celtic Category:English terms derived from Proto-Celtic#THAMES *tamesās (“river, waters”, literally “darkness”), a masculine ā-stem of *tames, Proto-Indo-European Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#THAMES *tm̥Hes-, zero-grade of *témHes-, *témHos- (“darkness”), an s-stem from the root *temH- (“dark”). Related to Proto-Celtic Category:English terms derived from Proto-Celtic#THAMES *temeslos (“darkness”), *temos (“dark”). A parallel in Proto-Celtic of "dark, darkness" taking on the figurative meaning of "water" can also be found in Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water, dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubrós (“dark”), yielding Welsh dŵr (“water”), Irish dobhar (“water, sea, dark, gloomy”). Hydronyms with their origin in this term also occur elsewhere in Europe, for example Portugal's Douro.

Alternatively from Proto-Celtic Category:English terms derived from Proto-Celtic#THAMES *tā-,^[3] *tāyo- (“to melt, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#THAMES *teh₂- (“to melt”), or from unknown non-Indo-European root.^[4]^[5]

Possible cognates include the names of rivers and tributaries such as:

Taff, Tamar (from Latin Tamarus),^[6]^[7] Tame, Tavy, Team, Teifi (from Welsh Teifi, from Old Welsh Tebi, Teibi), Teme, and Teviot (Latin Tefius, Teifius) in Great Britain
Tambre (from Latin Tamaris),^[6] Támega (in Galician, Portuguese Tâmega, Latin Tamice), Támoga or Támboga (Latin Tamega), and Tamuxe, all of them flowing through Galicia (Spain) and northern Portugal
Tamaran in France
Tammaro (from Latin Tamarus) in Italy
Demer in Belgium
Tamyras in Phoenicia
Tiberis (Tiber)
Tons, Tamasa (from Sanskrit तमसा (tamasā)) in India

More at Thames.

Pronunciation

(rivers in England and Canada, town in New Zealand): enPR: tĕmz, IPA^(key): /tɛmz/Category:English 1-syllable words#THAMES Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#THAMES
Audio (UK): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#THAMES
Audio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#THAMES
(river in Connecticut): IPA^(key): /θeɪmz/Category:English 1-syllable words#THAMES Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#THAMES
Rhymes: -ɛmz, -eɪmz Category:Rhymes:English/ɛmz#THAMES Category:Rhymes:English/ɛmz/1 syllable#THAMES Category:Rhymes:English/eɪmz#THAMES Category:Rhymes:English/eɪmz/1 syllable#THAMES

Proper noun

ThamesCategory:English lemmas#THAMES Category:English proper nouns#THAMES Category:English uncountable nouns#THAMES Category:English entries with incorrect language header#THAMES Category:Pages with entries#THAMES Category:Pages with 1 entry#THAMES

Translations

river through London

Category:Entries with translation boxes#THAMES

Afrikaans: TeemsCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#THAMES
Amharic: ቴምስ (tems)Category:Terms with Amharic translations#THAMES
Arabic: اَلتِّمْز m (at-timz)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#THAMES
Aragonese: Tamisa fCategory:Terms with Aragonese translations#THAMES
Armenian: Թեմզա (hy) (Tʻemza)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#THAMES
Asturian: Támesis mCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#THAMES
Azerbaijani: TemzaCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#THAMES
Basque: TamesisCategory:Terms with Basque translations#THAMES
Belarusian: Тэ́мза f (Témza)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#THAMES
Bengali: টেম্‌স (bn) (ṭems)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#THAMES, টেমস (bn) (ṭemso)Category:Bengali terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#THAMES Category:Terms with Bengali translations#THAMES
Bihari: टेम्सCategory:Terms with Bihari translations#THAMES
Breton: TavoezCategory:Terms with Breton translations#THAMES
Bulgarian: Те́мза f (Témza)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#THAMES
Burmese: သိမ်းမြစ် (sim:mrac)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#THAMES
Catalan: Tàmesi mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#THAMES
Chinese:
Cantonese: 泰晤士河 (taai³ ng⁶ si⁶ ho⁴)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#THAMES

Mandarin: 泰晤士河 (zh) (Tàiwùshì hé)Category:Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#THAMES Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#THAMES; 泰晤士 (zh) (Tàiwùshì)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#THAMES

Wu: 泰晤士河Category:Terms with Wu translations#THAMES
Chuvash: Те́мза (Témza)Category:Terms with Chuvash translations#THAMES
Czech: Temže (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#THAMES
Danish: Themsen (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#THAMES
Dutch: Theems (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#THAMES
Esperanto: TamizoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#THAMES
Estonian: Thames (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#THAMES
Finnish: Thames (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#THAMES
French: Tamise (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#THAMES
Frisian:
Saterland Frisian: Themse fCategory:Terms with Saterland Frisian translations#THAMES

West Frisian: TeemsCategory:Terms with West Frisian translations#THAMES
Galician: Támese mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#THAMES, Támesis mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#THAMES
Georgian: ტემზა (ṭemza)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#THAMES
German: Themse (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#THAMES
Alemannic German: Themse fCategory:Terms with Alemannic German translations#THAMES
Greek: Τάμεσις m (Támesis)Category:Terms with Greek translations#THAMES, Τάμεσης (el) m (Támesis)Category:Terms with Greek translations#THAMES
Ancient Greek: Τάμεσις m (Támesis)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#THAMES
Hebrew: תמזה f (temza)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#THAMES
Hindi: थेम्स (thems)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#THAMES
Hungarian: Temze (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#THAMES
Icelandic: Temsá fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#THAMES, Tempsá fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#THAMES
Irish: an Tamais fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#THAMES
Italian: Tamigi (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#THAMES
Japanese: テムズ川 (Temuzu-gawa)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#THAMES, テムズ (Temuzu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#THAMES
Kannada: ಟೇಮ್ಸ್ (ṭēms)Category:Terms with Kannada translations#THAMES
Kashubian: Temza fCategory:Terms with Kashubian translations#THAMES
Kazakh: Темза (Temza)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#THAMES
Korean: 템스 강 (Temseu gang)Category:Terms with Korean translations#THAMES, 템스 (Temseu)Category:Terms with Korean translations#THAMES
Kyrgyz: Темза (Temza)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#THAMES
Lao: ເທມ (thēm)Category:Terms with Lao translations#THAMES
Latin: Tamesis mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#THAMES, Tamesa mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#THAMES
Latvian: Temza fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#THAMES
Lithuanian: Temzė fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#THAMES
Low German:
German Low German: ThemsCategory:Terms with German Low German translations#THAMES Category:Terms with Low German translations#THAMES
Luxembourgish: Themse fCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#THAMES
Macedonian: Темза f (Temza)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#THAMES
Malayalam: തേംസ് (tēṁsŭ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#THAMES
Manx: Thaimish fCategory:Terms with Manx translations#THAMES
Marathi: थेम्स f (themsa)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#THAMES
Middle English: TemeseCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#THAMES, TemesCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#THAMES, TempseCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#THAMES
Mingrelian: თემზა (temza)Category:Terms with Mingrelian translations#THAMES
Mirandese: Tamisa fCategory:Terms with Mirandese translations#THAMES
Mongolian: Темза (Temza)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#THAMES
Norman: Riviéthe dé Londres fCategory:Terms with Norman translations#THAMES (Jersey), Riviéthe dé l'Engoulême fCategory:Terms with Norman translations#THAMES (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ThemsenCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#THAMES

Nynorsk: ThemsenCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#THAMES
Occitan: Tamèsi mCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#THAMES
Old English: TemesCategory:Terms with Old English translations#THAMES
Old Norse: Temps fCategory:Terms with Old Norse translations#THAMES, Tems fCategory:Terms with Old Norse translations#THAMES
Persian: تیمز (fa)Category:Terms with Persian translations#THAMES
Piedmontese: Tamis mCategory:Terms with Piedmontese translations#THAMES
Polish: Tamiza (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#THAMES
Portuguese: Tâmisa mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#THAMES (Brazil), Tamisa mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#THAMES (Portugal)
Punjabi: ਥੇਮਜ਼ (themaz)Category:Terms with Punjabi translations#THAMES
Western Punjabi: تھیمز (themz)Category:Terms with Western Punjabi translations#THAMES Category:Terms with Punjabi translations#THAMES
Romanian: Tamisa fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#THAMES
Russian: Те́мза (ru) f (Témza)Category:Terms with Russian translations#THAMES
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Те̏мза fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#THAMES

Latin: Tȅmza (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#THAMES
Sicilian: Tamiggi mCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#THAMES
Slovak: Temža fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#THAMES
Slovene: Témza (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#THAMES
Spanish: Támesis mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#THAMES
Swedish: Themsen (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#THAMES
Tagalog: TamesisCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#THAMES
Tajik: Темза (Temza)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#THAMES
Tamil: தேம்சு (tēmcu)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#THAMES
Telugu: టేమ్స్ (ṭēms)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#THAMES
Thai: แม่น้ำเทมส์ (mâe-náam taym)Category:Terms with Thai translations#THAMES, เทมส์ (taym)Category:Terms with Thai translations#THAMES
Tibetan: ཐེམ་ཟི་ (them zi)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#THAMES
Turkish: Thames (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#THAMES
Ottoman Turkish: تایمس (Tayms)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#THAMES
Ukrainian: Темза f (Temza)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#THAMES
Urdu: ٹیمز (ṭemz)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#THAMES
Uzbek: TemzaCategory:Terms with Uzbek translations#THAMES
Venetan: Tamise mCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#THAMES
Vietnamese: ThamesCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#THAMES, TamiseCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#THAMES
Welsh: Tafwys fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#THAMES
West Flemish: ThemsCategory:Terms with West Flemish translations#THAMES
Yiddish: טעמז (temz)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#THAMES
Zazaki: TemzaCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#THAMES

References

↑ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 147
↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “th”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 14 December 2021: “The awareness that some Latin words in t- were from Greek th- encouraged over-correction in English and created unetymological forms such as Thames and author”
↑ Kitson, Peter R. (1996), “British and European River Names”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 94, number 2, →DOI, pages 73–118
↑ Jackson, Kenneth H. (1955), “The Problem of the Picts”, in Wainright, F. T., editors, The Pictish Language, Edinburgh: Nelson, pages 129–166
↑ Coates, Richard (1998), “A new explanation of the name of London”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 96, number 2, →DOI, pages 203–229
1 2 Falileyev, Alexander (2010), Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, CMCS Publications, →ISBN
↑ Delamarre, Xavier (2012), Noms de lieux celtiques de l'Europe ancienne (-500 / +500): dictionnaire, Arles: Errance, →ISBN
↑ NZ Topo Map

Anagrams

Hatems, Mehtas, hamets, shmate, smeath, themas

Category:English heteronyms#THAMES

[1] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 147

[2] Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “th”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 14 December 2021: “The awareness that some Latin words in t- were from Greek th- encouraged over-correction in English and created unetymological forms such as Thames and author”

[3] Kitson, Peter R. (1996), “British and European River Names”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 94, number 2, →DOI, pages 73–118

[4] Jackson, Kenneth H. (1955), “The Problem of the Picts”, in Wainright, F. T., editors, The Pictish Language, Edinburgh: Nelson, pages 129–166

[5] Coates, Richard (1998), “A new explanation of the name of London”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 96, number 2, →DOI, pages 203–229

[Falileyev-6] 1 2 Falileyev, Alexander (2010), Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, CMCS Publications, →ISBN

[7] Delamarre, Xavier (2012), Noms de lieux celtiques de l'Europe ancienne (-500 / +500): dictionnaire, Arles: Errance, →ISBN

[8] NZ Topo Map

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