handtame

verb

1. To cause (someone or something) to become accustomed to being handled

   Even children can handtame wild birds, if they follow Al Martin's simple directions.

Where it comes from

From Middle English handtame, from Old English handtam (“tame enough to be handled”), from Proto-West Germanic *handutam, equivalent to hand + tame. Cognate with Dutch handtam (“handtame”), German Low German handtamm (“handtame”), German handzahm (“handtame”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry handtame (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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