The story
- Hokkien · borrowed from恬“quiet”
- English todaythiam
From Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “quiet”), as in Hokkien 恬去 (tiām--khì, “shut up”) or 恬喙 (tiām chhùi, literally “silence the mouth”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.