Where does “طولون” come from?

طولون (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuluŋ — to help, to assist.

طولون (Ottoman Turkish): temple, the slightly flatter region, on either side of the human head, behind the eye and forehead, and forward of the ear

Definitions

  1. temple, the slightly flatter region, on either side of the human head, behind the eye and forehead, and forward of the ear

Ancestry of “طولون”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuluŋto help, to assist
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuluŋ