Where does “Dolmetscherin” come from?

Dolmetscherin (German) comes from German Dolmetscher, from Middle High German tolmetsche, from Proto-Slavic tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmač.

Dolmetscherin (German): interpreter

Definitions

  1. interpreter

Ancestry of “Dolmetscherin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDolmetscherinterpreter; translator
2Middle High Germantolmetsche—
3Proto-Slavictъlmačьinterpreter, translator
4Proto-Turkic*tilmač—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tilmač →Every word from Proto-Slavic tъlmačь →Every word from Middle High German tolmetsche →