Where does “tumač” come from?
tumač (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmač.
tumač (Serbo-Croatian): interpreter
Ancestry of “tumač”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | tъlmačь | interpreter, translator |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *tilmač | — |