Where does “Төмән” come from?

Төмән (Bashkir) comes from Persian تومان, from Mongolian түмэн, from Proto-Turkic *tümen, from Middle Chinese 萬.

Төмән (Bashkir): myriad, ten thousand

Definitions

  1. myriad, ten thousand

Ancestry of “Төмән”, step by step

Төмән traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian تومان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتومانtoman, a former unit of currency of Iran; toman,...
2Mongolianтүмэнten thousand
3Proto-Turkic*tümenA countless number or multitude (of specified things), a myriad
4Middle Chinese萬—

via Proto-Turkic *tǖp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*tǖpbottom
Every word from Middle Chinese 萬 →Every word from Proto-Turkic *tümen →Every word from Mongolian түмэн →