Where does “товарищь” come from?

товарищь (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic tovarišь, from Proto-Slavic tovarъ, from Proto-Turkic *tabar — livestock, cattle.

Ancestry of “товарищь”, step by step

товарищь traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic tovarišь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictovarišь—
2Proto-Slavictovarъloading
3Proto-Turkic*tabarlivestock, cattle

via Proto-Slavic *tovariščь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*tovariščьfriend, comrade, companion

Words derived from “товарищь”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *tabar →Every word from Proto-Slavic tovarъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic tovarišь →