Where does “түмэн” come from?
түмэн (Mongolian) comes from Proto-Turkic *tümen, from Middle Chinese 萬.
түмэн (Mongolian): ten thousand
Ancestry of “түмэн”, step by step
түмэн traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Turkic *tümen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | *tümen | A countless number or multitude (of specified things), a myriad |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 萬 | — |
via Yakut түм
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Yakut | түм | to tie |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *tüm | cold, coldness |
Words derived from “түмэн”