Where does “топтама” come from?

топтама (Kazakh) comes from Serbo-Croatian та́ма, from Polish tama, from Middle High German tam.

топтама (Kazakh): series, compilation

Definitions

  1. series, compilation

Ancestry of “топтама”, step by step

топтама traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian та́ма

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianта́маdarkness
2Polishtamadam
3Middle High Germantam—

via Kazakh топ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhтопteam, group, cluster
Every word from Middle High German tam →Every word from Polish tama →Every word from Serbo-Croatian та́ма →