Where does “teme” come from?
teme (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic těmę, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
teme (Serbo-Croatian): top, crown; top, apex
Ancestry of “teme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | těmę | cranium |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |