Where does “тълмачь” come from?
тълмачь (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmač.
тълмачь (Old East Slavic): interpreter, translator
Ancestry of “тълмачь”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | tъlmačь | interpreter, translator |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *tilmač | — |