Where does “таман” come from?

таман (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish تمام, from Arabic تَمَام, from Arabic تمام, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

таман (Serbo-Croatian): dark, gloomy, dim; just

Definitions

  1. dark, gloomy, dim; just

Ancestry of “таман”, step by step

таман traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish تمام

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتمامcomplete; finished, terminated; dead
2Arabicتَمَامcomplete, finished
3Arabicتمامverbal noun of تَمَّ; completeness, wholeness,...
4Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
5Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—

via Proto-Slavic tьmьnъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictьmьnъdark
2Proto-Slavictьmadark, darkness
3Proto-Balto-Slavictimāˀdarkness
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantēmH-dark
Every word from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ- →Every word from Arabic م →Every word from Arabic تمام →