Where does “tamnoplav” come from?

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

tamnoplav (Serbo-Croatian): dark blue

Definitions

  1. dark blue

Ancestry of “tamnoplav”, step by step

tamnoplav traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian taman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiantamandark, gloomy, dim; just; just right, fitting,...
2Ottoman Turkishتمامcomplete; finished, terminated; dead
3Arabicتَمَامcomplete, finished
4Arabicتمامverbal noun of تَمَّ; completeness, wholeness,...
5Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
6Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-

via Serbo-Croatian plav

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianplavblue; light, blonde
2Proto-Slavicpolvъpale yellow, yellow-white; pale; white, pale blue
3Proto-Balto-Slavicpalwaspale yellow
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpolHwóspale, gray
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpelH-pale, gray
Every word from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-Every word from Arabic مEvery word from Arabic تمام