Where does “табан” come from?
табан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish طبان, from Proto-Turkic *tāpan.
табан (Serbo-Croatian): sole
Ancestry of “табан”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | طبان | sole of the foot; sole of a shoe; fundament,... |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *tāpan | — |