Where does “тълмачь” come from?

тълмачь (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmač.

тълмачь (Old East Slavic): interpreter, translator

Definitions

  1. interpreter, translator

Ancestry of “тълмачь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictъlmačьinterpreter, translator
2Proto-Turkic*tilmač—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tilmač →Every word from Proto-Slavic tъlmačь →