Where does “tam” come from?

tam (Northern Kurdish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish طام, from Proto-Turkic Tām — roof.

tam (Northern Kurdish): taste

Definitions

  1. taste

Ancestry of “tam”, step by step

tam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Anatolian Turkish طام

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishطام—
2Proto-TurkicTāmroof

via Arabic طَعْم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicطَعْمtaste, flavor
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