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Where does “теме” come from?

теме (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic těmę, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

теме (Serbo-Croatian): top, crown; top, apex

Definitions

  1. top, crown; top, apex

Ancestry of “теме”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictěmęcranium
2Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →