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Where does “тюрма” come from?

тюрма (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Turkic türmä — prison.

Ancestry of “тюрма”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkictürmäprison

Words derived from “тюрма”

  • тюрьма
  • tyrmäysisku
  • tyrmäys
  • tyrmäystippa
  • vankityrmä
  • tyrmistyttää
  • tyrmistyä
  • tyrmätä
  • tyrmä
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